VIDEO: Charlie Sheen Talks Life with HIV, Shares 'I Regret Ruining Two and a Half Men'

Seven months after revealing live on TODAY that he is HIV-positive, actor Charlie Sheen tells TODAY's Matt Lauer "it was like being released from prison" to make that admission. He said that lawsuits by women who claim he didn't tell them his status have no merit and that "protection was always in place." Sheen also reveals he's on a trial HIV treatment in which he gets one shot a week

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