Jamie Lee Curtis calls himself a “controlled addict” after decades of being an alcoholic in recovery.
The 66 -year -old actress reflected on her 26 -year -old sobriety trip in a new interview, saying that she has always preserved a certain degree of control over her life, even when she was at her lowest point.
“I am a controlled addict,” she said The guardian. “In recovery, we talk about how, to start recovering, you must press what you call a” background. “
“You have to crash and burn yourself, lose yourself, your family and your work and your resources to know that the way you lived did not work. I mean myself as a background of Everest; I am the highest background that I know,” “El”, the. ” Strange Friday Star noticed.
Unlike many who fight with addiction, Curtis explained that it did not face the important consequences.
“When I recognized my lack of control, I was in a very controlled state. I did not lose any of the external aspects of my life. The only thing I had lost was my own sense of myself and self -esteem.”
Curtis also pointed out that his success often masked his struggles. “I never let that self -medication stand in the path of my ambition, work or creativity. He never bleeding. Nobody would have said that would have been a problem for me.”
Jamie Iteó that his addiction still caused significant damage. “The external costs are horrible, but the inmates are even more sinister. Even so, that was a long time ago. I am now an old woman,” he added.
