Jamie Lee Curtis is celebrating a major milestone: 25 years of sobriety.
The Oscar winner, 65, recently took to Instagram to commemorate more than two decades of sobriety. “25 years clean and sober. One day at a time. 9,125 of them,” she captioned a black and white image of her holding a ring with the inscription: “JLC TWENTY-FIVE.”
“What's inside, as my old friend Adam sang, is a sense of calm, serenity, purpose and the ultimate sense that I'm not alone. That many others share the same illness and solution,” Curtis continued.
He Hallowe'en The actress also shared a touching message for “all those struggling with addiction and shame,” while reminding them that “there are others here who care.”
“My hand in yours. Our hands in yours. XO JLC,” Curtis concluded.
Many fans and followers congratulated the Everything everywhere and at the same time star by commemorating 25 years of sobriety in the comments section. “You are inspiring in so many ways, Jamie. Thank you for the gift of sharing your well-deserved 25th chip,” wrote fellow actress Mary Steenburgen.
Maria Shriver commented, “Bravo,” while Michelle Pfeiffer simply left three raised hands emojis.
Curtis has previously been open about her struggle with addiction. In an interview with Varieties “Recovery problem” in 2019, the Strange Friday The star said her first experience with drug addiction occurred when she was prescribed Vicodin, a medication that contains an opioid and is used to treat severe pain, in 1989 after minor plastic surgery for her “swollen eyes.”
“I went and had routine plastic surgery to remove the swelling,” Curtis said. “They gave me Vicodin as a pain reliever for something that wasn't really painful.”
She described taking up to five Vicodin at a time and taking them with alcohol. However, Curtis noted that her addiction was “very controlled” because she never took pills while she was at work. “I never took drugs before 5 p.m. I never, ever took painkillers at 10 in the morning,” Curtis said. “It was that kind of late and early night; I like to refer to it as the feeling of a warm bath of an opiate. It's like the way you naturally feel when your body is cold, you step into a warm bath and sink into it. “That's the feeling the opiate gives me, and I chased that feeling for a long time.”
He True Lies The star has a family history of addiction. Her father, actor Tony Curtis, struggled with alcohol, cocaine and heroin. Her half-brother, Nicholas Curtis, died of a heroin overdose in 1994. Speaking with VarietyCurtis revealed that he once did drugs with his father. “I knew my dad had a problem because I had a problem and he and I shared drugs,” he said. “There was a period of time when I was the only kid who talked to him. I once did cocaine and freebase with my dad. But that was the only time I did that and I did it with him.”
Curtis stopped using opiates in 1999 after reading and relating to Tom Chiarella's article about his Vicodin addiction in Don. “He wrote that he didn't know where his marriage certificate or his daughter's birth certificate were, but that he knew where every Vicodin was in his house. There were two on the toe of his left cowboy boot, one under the bill of his Cubs cap,” Curtis recalled to AARP in 2021. “And I recognized the whole secret and the obsession and that was me.”
To commemorate 22 years of sobriety, the Knives out The star shared an old photo of herself holding a glass of alcohol, with a caption that began: “A LONG time ago… In a galaxy far, far away… I was a young STAR at WAR with herself.”
“I didn't know it then. I chased everything. I kept it hidden. He was as sick as my secrets,” Curtis said. She thanked those who helped her get sober and added: “To all those who struggle and those who are on the path… MY HAND IN YOURS.”
Curtis founded the online store My Hand in Yours in 2020, which offers comforting items for people who may be going through difficult times. All proceeds from sales are donated to Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
If you have been affected by this article, you can contact the following organizations for help: mind.org.uk, actiononaddiction.org.uk, mentalhealth.org.uk, samaritans.org.
To find drug addiction support near you, visit the Frank's website. You can also call the charity's 24/7 helpline on 0300 123 6600, text 82111 or email.
