Neighbours' Jodi Gordon has opened up about her experiences with depression and alcohol dependence. The star, who played Elly Conway between 2016 and 2020 and also starred in Home And Away as Martha Mackenzie, discussed her recent 30-day stay in a rehab facility in an interview with Stellar Magazine, sharing that she was in a "really dark place". "There were no smiles at the start of those 30 days," she said. "To find yourself in a place where you have multiple people making the decision for you that you have to admit yourself into a rehab, that's not a place where you're smiling. "A post shared by Jodi Gordon (@jodigordon)Related: Former Neighbours star Jodi Gordon responds to possibility of Home and Away returnShe continued: "I learnt so much through connection but also through the tools that you gain in how to start to deal with that pain, that trauma, how to break it down, coping mechanisms.
And how, once you exit that rehab facility, to start implementing those tools into your life and restructure and build a bigger, better life. "Opening up about what things were like before rehab, Gordon said that alcohol was her "poison". "I've chased this illusion that I can drink like a normal person for far too long," she said. "It got really bad when I was doing Neighbours. . .
In my industry, I think there's a lot of keeping up with appearances. I was trying to present something beyond [what] I could pretend to control, trying to do my best, but just sinking. "I think I got to a point where the depression really started to sink in.
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