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After the Drink
Famous People Drank, Too
What a few familiar stories of addiction brought back to me about my own
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I didn’t drink because I wanted to become an alcoholic.
I drank because I liked what alcohol did for me.
For quite a while, I wasn’t trying to stop drinking. I was trying not to get caught.
I didn’t think of drinking as a habit, much less an addiction. It was something I did, and I considered it a beneficial experience.
Then I began to see signs of a trap I hadn’t noticed being built.
Years later, I heard some famous people talk about their own drinking and drug use. They had money, talent, and more attention than most of us could stand. Yet some of what they said sounded familiar.
A Warm Bath
Jamie Lee Curtis has spoken about becoming addicted to prescription pain pills after a medical procedure. She kept her addiction hidden for years while her acting career continued.
She compared the feeling opioids gave her to settling into a warm bath.
