Jamie Lee Curtis Talks Battling Drug Addiction
Jamie Lee Curtis recently spoke out for the first time about her struggles with prescription painkillers nearly 10 years after kicking the habit.
In an interview with More, the now 49-year-old actress said at age 35, she became dependent on painkillers, after being prescribed a dose after undergoing some minor cosmetic surgery. Soon after, she supplemented the pills with booze.
“No one knew,” she said, including her comedy legend hubby Christopher Guest. “Chris didn’t have a clue.”
According to Curtis, she used drugs to replace feelings of loneliness and unattractiveness.
“I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body,” she said, which she tried after a cameraman told her she was developing bags under her eyes.
“And everytime I did, something went wrong. I felt misshapen, just not natural anymore. I think it was a big stimulator of my drug abuse … I’d anesthetize myself on a daily basis.”
The actress revealed that it got so bad that when her sister was staying at her home while recovering from a broken bone, she found herself stealing painkillers from her sibling.
She finally got clean nine years ago, ultimately for the sake of her daughter Annie, now 21.
You can always bounce back. Curis is living proof.
