Jamie Lee Curtis opens up on past addiction: “If fentanyl was as easily available as it is today, I’d be dead”
nme.comJamie Lee Curtis has opened up about her past addiction struggles, saying she would “be dead” if fentanyl was “easily” available.The Oscar-winning actress, best known for starring in films such as Halloween and Everything Everywhere All At Once, admitted in an interview with Morning Joe that she’s “incredibly lucky”, while she also reflecting on her brother’s death due to an overdose.“My worst day was almost invisible to anyone else,” she admitted. “I’m lucky.
I didn’t make terrible decisions high, or under the influence, that then for the rest of my life I regret.“There are women in prison whose lives have been shattered by drugs and alcohol.
Not because they were violent felons, not because they were horrible people, but because they were addicts. I am incredibly lucky that that wasn’t my path.“I was an opiate addict, and I liked a good opiate buzz,” Curtis continued. “If fentanyl was available, as easily available as it is today on the street, I’d be dead.“Sobriety just made it all crystal and clear, because I’m so hyperly aware of what the alternative is.
I’ve seen it in my own family. My brother at 21 is dead from a heroin overdose.“Once he was clean and sober, and he went out and used one time, and died from an overdose.
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