I prefer the term recovered. It does not mean cured. You are recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind. The metaphor I like best to describe this is: if you get shot, and receive medical attention, etc. - at some point the doctor will pronounce you recovered, but this does not mean that you are now bulletproof. I respect everyone’s wish to see it as it suits and helps them best. For me, I use the word recovered. When I first got sober this wording fascinated me and I went down a wormhole on the subject
@@mansonsmom Its best to think of it like HIV/AIDS if that's the metaphor you're going for. It's an incurable disease. You have a disease, you get sick, and you get treatment. It can't be cured, you learn how to deal with it so you don't die. You recover from a headache, you don't recover from an addiction. It's with you for life.
@I know it all. I know it all. she needs to NOT keep it to herself, she is a role model to people who are quitting drugs because you don't want people to do them do you, you judgmental prick
Ikr. I didn't even know she was addicted. This is the first time I hear about it. But,that doesn't change how I feel about her at all. I always thought she was extremely good looking. She has a perfect body and she aged very gracefully. She is very beautiful and most importantly very smart woman. I like her very much
Clean. The first couple of days were hell. the first couple of weeks were hard. The first couple of months were a challenge. After the first year, pain disappeared. You can't imagine how free you feel once that happens. Trust me, I cry of happiness almost every day.
Damn, you REALLY have a problem. Love drugs, sepecially crystal meth, booze and sex ( not necessarily in that order). And only if the sex is really cheap. Whores are a fkn dime a dozen if they want to get high.
She is so honest and I love her for not going down the stereotypical route of so many other actresses and being proud of her grey hair and no plastic surgery.
shes definitely one of a very few female celebrities to do this. not going to say shes brave or whatever for making that choice, but she definitely has a brass pair of ovaries. wheres the True Lies version JLC? i miss that one.
I love her brutal honesty. Addiction is a horrible disease. It doesn't care who it hurts or destroys. I have been in recovery 21years and it's One Day at a Time.
yeah that part about her feeling that no one knew she was an addict made me feel like a bad friend, because i knew a couple people that showed addictive signs and behaviors, but didnt confront them about it. oh well, too late now.
Thats not always true. There have been many cases where people ended up being addicts and nobody round them knew about it. Some people are better hiding it than others. Nobody knew with me until i openly said i stopped drinking so i wouldn't become a full fledged alcoholic. Nobody battered an eyelash because everyone here drinks heavily so i wasn't any different t them. Addictions can be easy to hide it just depends on whose around you and your current circumstances.
@@Alex-jd3bs or they all knew, but didnt confront you about it. that could easily be a possibility you know. dont let narcissism get in the way of reason and accountability. then youll be a woman. lol
@@Vinnytendo64 It's not narcissism at all, actually. They didn't know. Because no one pays attention. And in their eyes, I wasn't being u healthy at all. I would drink at the weekends with a family member and okay the Xbox. I never went out, I always made sure I had eaten something or was eating during and did all the responsible things I should have been doing when drinking. And since the only alcoholic in the family was my gran who was a raging drunk, me being very calm when drinking, never getting properly drunk and still going to school and behaving normally never set off any alarms. They literally didn't know. And let me clarify once again, I wasn't an alcoholic. I am not addicted to alcohol. I would have been if my behaviour continued, though. I got clarification just in time and stopped the drink that morning. Cold turkey. They was no withdrawals, no cravings etc because my body wasn't addicted to it. But I was going to be. In sober now and still want a drink every now and then but that's just because I liked to taste of whisky and to be in a country that makes such good whisky that I can't touch is sad. I'm not an addict and I never was, but I was GOING to be and I stopped just in time and that's the difference. No one knew because there wasn't anything to know.
I’m crying because.. This is so real.. No bullshit. No fancy words. No jargon.. Just real words spoken by a beautiful feeling woman. Thank you Jamie Lee Curtis.. For your honesty ♥️👈🏼 x
So real? She's an actress! Dude she had millions of dollars to go to therapy, rehab, personal trainers etc. PS) She's got a movie coming out this month. Why do you think she's doing press now? I envy your naivety but it's time to grow up now.
Baftagirl London oh my god, culture of weakness. Who cares. It just trendy now to be an “addict” who cares... no different than booze. Big fucking deal.
I can help you if you’d like. I’d lost over 50 pounds about 4 years ago and have stayed In great shape since. Also graduated with a degree in nutrition. Send me a message if you are open to it. Hope you’re doing well 🙂
Maria Garcia i’ve been 3 years clean from Oxycodone. It’s so hard to say no but the more you make a habit and commit to saying no and keeping yourself from it, it makes it easier over time. Recovering and staying clean is a choice and a commitment. You can do it if you really want it bad enough. Sending love and light your way. ❤️
I remember watching this when it first came out and was heavy addicted to painkillers aswel and i can remember feeling like she was actually speaking to me. Got sober July 12th 2020 and haven’t looked back.
God bless you Jamie Lee Curtis. I am also in recovery, having been addicted to Percocet and Xanax for 10 years. It took my, now, ex-husband taking my children away from me by getting an emergent order of protection against me. that I finally realized I needed help. Thank you for sharing your story.❌⭕️💗🙏
“Vic o’ clock.” Love it! I’m grateful to Jamie for this. I had the same problem, and the same paradoxical high-functioning for a long time, but my life was in ruins by the time I got help. 3 years, no opiates! I appreciate Jamie Lee Curtis Coming forward and not allowing the myth that it is only “lowlifes” and “losers” with addiction problems. It can happen to anyone. And when people aren’t doing well anymore, it’s just a function of how sick they are.
@@scotabot7826 Huh?! Of course I understood AND your response to the "celebrity" spokesperson STOOD out. Rehash: > 'What's her name' uses junkie as a description; commonly known as a urban vernacular for a unusually low form of drug abuser and invariably beyond help > she then OPENLY admits her OWN pathetic behavior > finally she quickly 'covers' herself with the typical progressive 😒 narrative ( that made your comment stand out!) that her PSYCHOLOGICAL.. pain🙄 was the.. cause of her... addiction 😭. MY understanding is summed up by my cynical reflection that really 'pain' has nothing to do with druggies. They are weak and parasitic persons who CHOSE their destruction and don't deserve ANY sympathy..
The fact that Jamie STILL remembers the name of the man who wrote the article about addiction from 1999 over 2 decades later is wild and reminds me why I love this woman.
“I see you”... three words that have the most profound impact. Addicts think they can hide it well, but it just takes one person to say “I see you” to make an addict realise that their addiction is real and needs to be addressed. I’m so proud of you Jamie, you’re incredible ❤️
They're powerful words. No matter what a person is going through addiction, self loathing, feeling not good enough, trying to be as invisible as possible because they feel they're not worth the time for anyone. "I see you" can make a huge impact on oneself.
She truly is incredible. I've always admired her since I was a kid. This just lets me know why I've always liked her so much. She's just so damn cool 😎
She does own her experiences, I saw some awards show where Jamie Lee called herself a “nepo-baby” because of her famous parents. Even in that, I think she may have helped somebody
@@4knewt505 23 years wow ! that is defentily great news! We have to want it ...Its a journey for sure !!! So happy to hear that there is hope for anyone no matter the struggle.
I watched Jamie on a catwalk one time, on tv. She stopped and said hello to a young boy doing a report for a school magazine. He got tongue tied. Jamie stopped him and told him to relax, get himself ready with his questions while she went to talk to some other people, then, she said she would come back and give him his interview. At that point, I understood what a wonderful person she was. Please stay well Jamie, you deserve it!
May I respectfully ask how this happens? Is it from chronic pain? Or just the high? I suffer from chronic pain and doctors keep trying to give me pain killers but I’m so scared. At the same time though I’m tired of being in pain 😢
Ruth Salinas It gets rid of the pain and you get high basically you have a nice warm feeling like a blanket over you and everything around you feels like heaven
Ruth Salinas// I have a chronic pain disorder and took pain killers for it. Definitely try THC first if it’s possible for you. It’s less harsh on the body, less addictive, and can give you the exact same results. If that doesn’t help, then I’d say ask your doctor about other low dose options.
My son was “unresponsive” were the words I thought I’d never hear. Straight A’s, baseball, football, wrestling. He did it all. Almost 8 years since he has been clean from heroin. You can never escape a demon on your back. You can hide it from many people, even a mom, dad, gram, aunt. Stay clean, thank you for sharing.
I relapsed a month ago. I'm happy to hit a month sober, but it's so discouraging when you fall again. Even more when you think of all the people you look up to whose lives were cut short from addiction. Jamie Lee Curtis is one of my favorite actors and this is so encouraging to hear. It's easy to forget how many people recover, but the statistic makes me feel like i can do it too. I'm 18, I haven't permanently damaged my body, I almost choked and died one night; I don't want to be trapped by my apathetic lizard-brain wanting more chemicals. The feeling I get on a happy sober day is better than the feeling any drug can gove me. The worst day sober has nothing on my worst days downing pills. Sobriety's the only way to achieve inner peace, even if it's a hard path to walk.
Hey! Dont beat yourself up! LEARN from your relapse, and share what you learned with others! You are just as good as everyone else, and, , I will tell you this- I beleive in you! it SURE IS a hard path, but, it's better than the other path!
You did the best thing you could when you fell, you got back up again. I have been clean and sober for 34 years, and I had a whole host of things happening in my life when I got sober. My father died 16 months after I became sober. My husband and I divorced the following year, and I was going to school, working full time, and trying to get to as many meetings as I could. I was a mess but stayed sober. I knew I would be dead if I went back out again. Congratulations on one month, each day is precious.
@STAN DUPP what the fuck are you talking about dude? So because I think something is funny, I'm automatically a drug addict and a thief? Fuck man I cant believe that people like you actually exist in this world. Like how did you even reach this conclusion?
@STAN DUPP And you are what...an asshole? Walk in somebody else's shoes before criticizing. Actually, you have no right to judge anyone being as dumb as you sound; no one does.
She's one of my favorite actresses and this is why...her honesty is so refreshing. Many celebs would never admit their 'human' side or they'd sugarcoat it. She meets it head on and tells it like it is...That's why I'm a fan.
The best part of LOVING SOMEONE in RECOVERY, which "WAS" my dad, is you get back SOME of the LOVE that person was UNABLE to give at that time of his heroin "disease" since the 1950's. It took the birth of his 1st grandchild, not his kids, to be clean. IT WAS THE BEST 13 YEARS I had W my father. Better late than ever. HOW strong you have to be to combat THE DEVIL..RIP Dad 12/2/2008 ..Through it all I STILL TALK TO THE SKY AND LOVE YOU!
The saddest thing about addiction is that each of us know we have to hide it from everybody else, thinking we are the only ones who cannot control ourselves. As long as we hide it, we will keep it. Once we realize that the only way to beat it is to expose it and we openly declare we are addicted, the process of healing and overcoming that addiction can begin. Mine was alcohol. 29 years of sobriety. Now, I spend my time helping and doing for those I love. I am no longer wrapped up in myself. Now, I am constantly thinking about ways I can help those I care about and the feeling is wonderful. I am alive at last!
Thank you for also including those of us, still suffering... idk if it is sadness.. or more so jealousy and envy.. or the absolute embarrassment of my brain fully understanding addiction on an intellectual level. And the concepts that recovery has very black and white requirements in order to maintain. But yet I wake up, suffer, repeat. Am I not LITERALLY , intentionally FAILING myself at this point ? I would die a thousand deaths for my daughter, but realistically I've proven to her that she is not worth me living a single one . Maybe I stay in this hell intentionally because this is what I deserve.. and I'm not writing this for someone to tell me I am worthy or to coddle me.. PS is it still an epiphany even if it is a terrible realization LOL and if anyone that knew me from high school sees this........mind your fucking business I'm doing great😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and
noneya bizness it does suck. More than words can say. Outing yourself is even harder. I know. Today, I have 618 days alcohol free (after 10+ years of lethal use daily)because I had a moment of clarity and called a hotline and stayed dedicated to my recovery. www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
I appreciate her honesty, she's one the few actors that seems so genuine. Five Vicodin's and wine is a dangerous cocktail. There's a difference between legitimate pain patients and pure addiction. It just bothers by the massive stigma now placed on pain patients due to others being addicted to it. I had to have a hip replacement(bone on bone had no choice genetic hip problem) last December it failed three days later then placed in another hospital and having to have another emergency replacement on the same leg again and due to all of this five months later had to have the tendon head cut out. I am in severe legitimate pain and I have a fabulous pain doctor who works with me. Pain control is completely different and I am glad my doctor monitors and keeps me safe. Between an insane amount of trigger point injections thirty in one session and manual therapy and medication for pain control it stays somewhat calm, long way to go, that's how much damage one doctor can do. My doctor controls it and he has common sense and cautious I am so glad I found him for pain management. Like she said she broke her ribs and had to take Vicodin however she said she had to do it in a careful manner that's how it should always be done.
S B Taking medicine like this just isn’t fun! I don’t understand it. I have severe facial pain. I broke my neck in a car crash. I had malignant melanoma 8 years ago, and it’s back now. Through all that and more I have taken medicine responsibly and as prescribed. Why some family members take 25 Vicodin at a time is unbelievable to me. I ask, ‘Don’t you get sick?’ I guess they develop a tolerance to the stuff. That’s why people like me cannot get meds anymore. THAT is a crime. For God’s sake, people like me are going to DIE! Give us a break!
I've always loved Jamie Lee Curtis. She is such a down to Earth, sweet person...she's very funny too. god bless you and your courage and commitment to stay sober. 💕
I respect her for being honest about her addiction. I had no idea. I'm very grateful that I have never been down that road. I hope she continues to remain in a good place.
I’ve met Jamie Lee Curtis twice and the last time 5 years ago which was 5 years before I tried drugs and eventually became an addict so this means so much to me while in my early stages of recovery and getting my life back.
This honestly made me cry as someone who struggles with addiction. It's horrible. You isolate and feel so alone with it. Then, what is worse is when people turn it into some kind of joke. I understand it's hard to talk about in a serious way. I admire her so much for sharing her story. I always loved her as an actress anyway.
I'm so proud of Jamie Lee for speaking out. I'm a huge fan of each of her parents and now of her's. I overcame an amphetamine dependency. It was medically prescribed to me, and withdrawing from it was the worst physical experience of my life. Sometimes I still crave it. I meditate and talk about it or write about it when I crave and so far, I have not relapsed. Thank you Jamie Lee for bravely sharing your opioid dependency and recovery which will inspire others. I'm so proud of you and maybe will get to meet you one day 🙂
My husband died during adderall withdrawals. He took his life 😢 we were so deeply in love and he was the best daddy and husband for 15 years before becoming heavily dependent on it 2021. He wasn't the same.
I was in a relationship with the love of my life and found out he had a secret painkiller addiction. Had to end it. I also had cancer 2 years ago and had to quit smoking. Addiction is a bitch. I can tell Jamie is clean by the way she talks. I wish I could shake her hand for this video. 💕
@@grittykitty50 thats an AA term. Low bottom means people that have ended up homeless etc. High bottom could mean someone else confronting you so you stop
I could listen to her for hours, so much respect for this woman and for her honesty, really really respect her + she is a great speaker and a great actress
I landed her so randomly. The video showed up and since I like JLC I decided to watch. HEART. BREAKING. The part where she'd envisioned going to her friends funeral and hugging her kids tore me up! I mean bawling... 😢😭
@Confident Connor As the Mother of another Connor who is probably close in age to you, I urge you to seek help. Go to a meeting - just one meeting - take that first step. There are people there who care about you and your recovery. I don't know what your family situation is like, but I can tell you that loosing a child - to anything, is a heartbreak that never heals. I lost my 30 year old Nephew to a fentanyl overdose, 5 years ago, and his parents will never be whole again. They are just beginning to put one foot in front of the other - 5 years later. I can also tell you, as someone who struggled with anxiety and panic attacks since my late teens, that life gets better, and you come to appreciate the simple things more, each day. I wish you well, Connor. ✌️💞
Always loved Jamie Lee Curtis and I loved her now even more. She hasn't even been in any of my favourite movies of all time, but no one can deny her strong personality, talent and charisma.
@@patr70 Please don't, Hotel California exists and American culture has enough of a pathetic greedy "bigger is better" NPD problem as is, and the world's heart just can't take it any more. Just stop.
Jamie Lee bless you for this. Doctors can do incredible damage to people’s lives. A pain specialist who was also an anesthesiologist decided he wanted me to stop taking two meds post surgery. No detox plan no withdrawal just stop. You can’t just stop. I’m lucky I had the GP that I do. But you, Kristen Johnson, and Stevie Nicks got me through the worst of it. I wasn’t alone. I TiVo’d every interview, I read everyone’s bio. Every time you speak you give the gift of a lifeline.
I’m glad she spoke about having to use pain killers in recovery. As a recovering opiate addict, I was terrified of having to deal with an injury or surgery, then I learned I had to have multiple surgeries including a total hysterectomy and bilateral mastectomy. I thought that would be the end for me, but I had an amazing support system and doctors, and I made through all the surgeries without relapse. I know many addicts in recovery are terrified of having to have pain medications for a legitimate reason, but it can be done. Good for you Jamie! Thank you for sharing your experience and helping to dispel some of the shame that comes with addiction.
I love her honesty and candour, part of being an addict is lying, to other people and yourself, you lie to others to convince them that there's nothing wrong with you and that you're coping in life, due to pride and self-image, you lie to yourself for much the same reasons and the fear that others might find out that you're not coping and need a crutch, admitting you're an addict frees you of the fear of discovery and humbles you in admitting that you need help, and that you appear to others as weak, it takes a lot of courage to do, but it is ultimately freeing and the only way to move forward and reclaim your life.
About a million and one years ago, I had my wisdom teeth extracted. I was about 22 at the time. The doctor prescribed Vicodin for me for pain. I was living at home and took my first Vicodin the day of the extractions. I took a second one on the second day after my extractions and I recall vividly my mother telling me to stop taking them and switch to Tylenol. I had no idea just how powerful and addictive they were. Who knows what could have happened if I continue to take them. I applaud Jamie Lee for her courage and her truth to tell her story. It's true, once you are an addict you are never fully healed or free from your drug of choice. You're always in a state of recovery. I hope she continues on the path of sobriety.
Mom should have flushed those things! Thank God she told you to stop. My Mom was honest with me about my Grandmother getting hooked on pain pillx in the 70s when a Dr screwed up her back operation. One can use certain circumstances to educate instead of sweeping the truth under the rug. Thank heaven for our Moms!!💚💛💚💛💚💛
Interesting. I got painkillers for a surgical extraction of all four wisdom teeth. I got a dry socket and needed those pills. I knew down to the minute how long they took to take effect. I had no trouble stopping once the prescription ran out, though. Theses were Empirin III, used a lot during the 1970s. I got Demerol after eye surgery involving a cornea graft and stitches. Again, I needed them. Again I had no problem doing without when they were gone and so was the discomfort. Different individuals react differently. We may have gone too far to the extreme these days with worry over addiction.
@@erynlasgalen1949 I agree with you there. We all have such differently wired brains, it would be foolish for doctors to treat everyone as if we are a clone of one type. I didn't have trouble that first time with the tonsils but I did realize how much I enjoyed opiates. I had another surgery a year later and another 2 week course of pain killers. That 2nd time I got depressed after discontinuing (first time ever getting depressed because I was young back then). Not scrounging around on the floor looking for more pills though lol. Just a mild depression.
As someone who had a secret drug addiction I had to force my self to recover for the sake of my sanity, life, health, and family. To keep something like this a secret and knowing you have to stop but being so hyped up from the highs is hard. Addiction is a choice not a disease. I would absolutely die if my family ever knew, but unfortunately I couldn’t save my sister I have tried but I just couldn’t but me walking away from that is the best thing I have ever done in my life. I have a nice home a nice husband and a great job I thank my self every day for making the choice to live and not the choice to just survive
addiction is a disease, like any disease it makes you sick, and make you do things you wont do, so i been battleing my addiction for years now, the last few years it been the worst once i lost everything.
November 9th I will celebrate my 8th year clean from heroin. Addiction is such a hard obstacle to overcome, because it never ends, and because it effects you in a very intense individual way, like your own personal hell. That you always have to make sure you don’t slip back into. Thank you Jamie Lee Curtis for sharing your story.
Amazing, I never knew you had addiction issues, but I knew I had mine. I have been sober more than thirty years now and still find that the idea will pop in my head to use. This is a reinforcement for me to continue living a sober life, thank you very much for sharing your story. :)
“I see you” those words are scary when someone says that to you
Yep. It's like sneaking around in the dark and suddenly a helicopter swoops down on you and shines a spotlight on you and you're suddenly 'frozen'.
Joyce Hookimaw I know, it makes my hairs stand up
It's only scary when you are wrong.
The most bone-chilling, honest words.
J T not necessarily
“Show off business,” that stood out.
Rebecca Oprea I was about to comment this same exact thing
I thought she said that mistakenly but I saw another interview with her and she said it. I like that. 👍🏼
I heard that as well. So apropos!
No it’s not! She doesn’t need to show off, people. She is totally honest here...you negative thinking people.
heike kershaw heike kershaw apparently, what Jamie Lee said went over your head. Rewatch the video.
I love how she says “I am in recovery, not recovered” because it’s so damn true for any addict. It’s everyday, all day, for the rest of your life.
I prefer the term recovered. It does not mean cured. You are recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind. The metaphor I like best to describe this is: if you get shot, and receive medical attention, etc. - at some point the doctor will pronounce you recovered, but this does not mean that you are now bulletproof. I respect everyone’s wish to see it as it suits and helps them best. For me, I use the word recovered. When I first got sober this wording fascinated me and I went down a wormhole on the subject
"One day at a time"
@@mansonsmom Its best to think of it like HIV/AIDS if that's the metaphor you're going for. It's an incurable disease. You have a disease, you get sick, and you get treatment. It can't be cured, you learn how to deal with it so you don't die. You recover from a headache, you don't recover from an addiction. It's with you for life.
@@EvanRockwell1
The definition of recovered doesn’t mean cured. You can be recovered and not cured. The terms are not mutually exclusive.
*And that is the truth!*
she is a great speaker - it shows her intelligence.
I know it all. I know it all. Pride comes before destruction and a haughty spirit before the fall my dear.
I know it all. I know it all. Your name sums up your beliefs and personality
Never mind all the awards she earned as an actress...
I know it all. I know it all. wowwww
@I know it all. I know it all. she needs to NOT keep it to herself, she is a role model to people who are quitting drugs because you don't want people to do them do you, you judgmental prick
I have never lost respect for this woman and this made me respect her even more.
Me too.
Ikr. I didn't even know she was addicted. This is the first time I hear about it. But,that doesn't change how I feel about her at all. I always thought she was extremely good looking. She has a perfect body and she aged very gracefully. She is very beautiful and most importantly very smart woman. I like her very much
Call me
@White People Rule The World my number is 777-9311
Raquel F, absolutely well said 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾!!! I love her work!!!
Clean.
The first couple of days were hell. the first couple of weeks were hard. The first couple of months were a challenge.
After the first year, pain disappeared.
You can't imagine how free you feel once that happens. Trust me, I cry of happiness almost every day.
@@treemarie3080 Keep it up. If it was easy, this wouldn't be a topic.
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Thanks.
May I ask how long you were on drugs prior to stopping?
That’s amazing, I just celebrated my 7th year clean from heroin. I’m so happy there is a way out of the personal hell addiction gets you in..
Congrats Brother!!!
7th 🎉 congrats
Michael Cross congratulations!!
Happy for you too
Michael Cross Dude that’s amazing! Congratulations! We’re all very proud of you ❤️
this interview sobered me up and I'm not even addicted to anything.
Well good I hope you keep it that way m'dear...🙏💙
Yep lol
Damn, you REALLY have a problem. Love drugs, sepecially crystal meth, booze and sex ( not necessarily in that order). And only if the sex is really cheap. Whores are a fkn dime a dozen if they want to get high.
@@AlexaBellaMuerte yes lol see how much better you sound
Everyone has addictions. First step is acknowledging it, not pretending to be perfect
As a recovering addict, I had no idea Jamie was a recovering addict. I’ve always loved her but now I love her even more.
She's kinda eccentric, but also down to earth...? She's definitely an interesting person, and a great actress.
That’s the same I thought, but also I love her
Most eccentrics are all of those things!❣️
I agree, and I also love her.💟🌟💎
Why eccentric?
joey dunlop you never saw True Lies and Trading Places
She was great in the Halloween movies but could also play comedy role's like she did in Trading Places. 👍
She is so honest and I love her for not going down the stereotypical route of so many other actresses and being proud of her grey hair and no plastic surgery.
The last time she had anything done was lipo before True Lies. She admitted it later and discussed body issues.
Shes aged very well.
yeah,she hasn’t been that honest for nearly 2 decades!
That’s what these drugs in our society produce: actors and liars💉💊🍾
shes definitely one of a very few female celebrities to do this. not going to say shes brave or whatever for making that choice, but she definitely has a brass pair of ovaries. wheres the True Lies version JLC? i miss that one.
@INFOMANIA X 😂
I love her brutal honesty. Addiction is a horrible disease. It doesn't care who it hurts or destroys. I have been in recovery 21years and it's One Day at a Time.
🎈Congratulations🎈
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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It's one moment by moment. Thought to thought. Day to day is way too long for me.
God bless you, stay strong ❤
She's a rabid zionist
One day at a time also since 7/18/06
Jamie Lee Curtis is an extremely beautiful person.
Just like her mother, the beautiful Janet Leigh...
I wanna speak to the manager
She was deffo one of my youth crushes.
...and pretty, too.
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Addicts swear that other people can’t tell, but they can.
yeah that part about her feeling that no one knew she was an addict made me feel like a bad friend, because i knew a couple people that showed addictive signs and behaviors, but didnt confront them about it. oh well, too late now.
Thats not always true. There have been many cases where people ended up being addicts and nobody round them knew about it. Some people are better hiding it than others. Nobody knew with me until i openly said i stopped drinking so i wouldn't become a full fledged alcoholic. Nobody battered an eyelash because everyone here drinks heavily so i wasn't any different t them. Addictions can be easy to hide it just depends on whose around you and your current circumstances.
@@Alex-jd3bs or they all knew, but didnt confront you about it. that could easily be a possibility you know. dont let narcissism get in the way of reason and accountability.
then youll be a woman. lol
@@Vinnytendo64 It's not narcissism at all, actually. They didn't know. Because no one pays attention. And in their eyes, I wasn't being u healthy at all. I would drink at the weekends with a family member and okay the Xbox. I never went out, I always made sure I had eaten something or was eating during and did all the responsible things I should have been doing when drinking. And since the only alcoholic in the family was my gran who was a raging drunk, me being very calm when drinking, never getting properly drunk and still going to school and behaving normally never set off any alarms. They literally didn't know. And let me clarify once again, I wasn't an alcoholic. I am not addicted to alcohol. I would have been if my behaviour continued, though. I got clarification just in time and stopped the drink that morning. Cold turkey. They was no withdrawals, no cravings etc because my body wasn't addicted to it. But I was going to be. In sober now and still want a drink every now and then but that's just because I liked to taste of whisky and to be in a country that makes such good whisky that I can't touch is sad. I'm not an addict and I never was, but I was GOING to be and I stopped just in time and that's the difference. No one knew because there wasn't anything to know.
@@Vinnytendo64 Sounds like she surrounds herself with other alcoholics.
I am a drunk. I have been in recovery for 23 years. Thank you Ms. Curtis for keeping it up front and honest.
Drunk here also. In recovery since 7/18/06. One day at a time. Very grateful.
I’m crying because.. This is so real.. No bullshit. No fancy words. No jargon.. Just real words spoken by a beautiful feeling woman. Thank you Jamie Lee Curtis.. For your honesty ♥️👈🏼 x
Legends has it that amanda davis is still butthurt til this very day!
amanda shut up!! u sound angry and ignored!!
@@ranzazay5606 So you don't think there's something wrong with a person expressing sympathy for a man who raped underage girls and beheaded people?
So real? She's an actress! Dude she had millions of dollars to go to therapy, rehab, personal trainers etc. PS) She's got a movie coming out this month. Why do you think she's doing press now? I envy your naivety but it's time to grow up now.
Baftagirl London oh my god, culture of weakness. Who cares. It just trendy now to be an “addict” who cares... no different than booze. Big fucking deal.
We all got our drugs.... mine is food unfortunately... so much shame,pain and tears... all my respect to you Jamie for your raw honesty and courage:)
And I bet she would say to you, If I had a dog that looked like you, I'd shave its ass and teach it to walk backwards!
I can help you if you’d like. I’d lost over 50 pounds about 4 years ago and have stayed In great shape since. Also graduated with a degree in nutrition. Send me a message if you are open to it. Hope you’re doing well 🙂
Me too
@@MayorBrownn could I talk to you also pls?
The Self-Worth Habit Absolutely!
LivingCompassionate@outlook.com
Send me an email!
she's so brave, what a tough life
shes inspires me everyday, ive been recovering from my pills addiction and am sober 8 months months today
Well done. You should be proud of yourself every day. ❤
Congrats darling, be strong and keep walking the new better path of your recovery 💓
Keep on going, Leah. Don’t look back. You got this girl xo
Congrats!! Keep up the good work!
👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
I havent had a pill since June, i almost overdosed. But i stopped because i didnt want to die.. Now time to start " adulting" again
Maria Garcia i’ve been 3 years clean from Oxycodone. It’s so hard to say no but the more you make a habit and commit to saying no and keeping yourself from it, it makes it easier over time. Recovering and staying clean is a choice and a commitment. You can do it if you really want it bad enough. Sending love and light your way. ❤️
Proud of you for having the strength to stop and be clean and getting up everyday to try.
euphoric amber proud of you also for making it this far and still making it every moment in choosing a sober life.
just a vegan thank you so much. 💗
Wishing you all the best! I'm so proud of you! ❤️ It's a new day, a new life!
I remember watching this when it first came out and was heavy addicted to painkillers aswel and i can remember feeling like she was actually speaking to me. Got sober July 12th 2020 and haven’t looked back.
🎉🎉❤
what an amazing story!
That's amazing. You should tweet her or DM her and let her know. Everybody wants to know that they reached somebody!
thats amazing! thinking about sending this video to someone i love.
You should be proud of yourself, keep it up
She kind of seems like the eccentric, divorced aunt at holidays that keeps everyone entertained and feeling valued at the dinner table. I like her!
I wish i could feel valued.
@@2degucitas love yourself first. ♥
As a fellow eccentric, if that is how you perceive people like me, I am just glad you like us.
2degucitas Me too.
Kate W She only seems eccentric because she is personally very honest. Sadly that is so rare that she appears eccentric
very proud of her being so frank and honest about this.
jeff deathrage you’re weird for thinking this way, even weirder for saying it. It’s called empathy, you may want to cultivate some.
@@dewilew2137 Considering his username he's probably an edgelord trying to seem cool.
She's not Frank, She's Jaimie.
God bless you Jamie Lee Curtis. I am also in recovery, having been addicted to Percocet and Xanax for 10 years. It took my, now, ex-husband taking my children away from me by getting an emergent order of protection against me. that I finally realized I needed help. Thank you for sharing your story.❌⭕️💗🙏
“Vic o’ clock.” Love it! I’m grateful to Jamie for this. I had the same problem, and the same paradoxical high-functioning for a long time, but my life was in ruins by the time I got help. 3 years, no opiates! I appreciate Jamie Lee Curtis Coming forward and not allowing the myth that it is only “lowlifes” and “losers” with addiction problems. It can happen to anyone. And when people aren’t doing well anymore, it’s just a function of how sick they are.
Congrats Britta!!! 22 months here!
Congratulations for 3 years of no opiates! It's a disease everybody either thinks won't happen to them or they believe they can handle.
I wish scientists could make a medicine to help people with depression. One that actually works.
@@truthteller9522
I do too, because, I have had it, since I was a young child. . .
Decades. . .
Congratulations to all of you. Continue do not give up. It’s life or death. I just lost my friend yesterday to fentanyl!
The more people come out and share their struggles, the more it helps those in pain.
+1000,00000
Spare me.. once a junkie, ALWAYS a junkie😩
@@christopherfritz3840 You obviously didn't read the comment correctly, or didn't understand!
@@scotabot7826 Huh?! Of course I understood AND your response to the "celebrity" spokesperson STOOD out. Rehash:
> 'What's her name' uses junkie as a description; commonly known as a urban vernacular for a unusually low form of drug abuser and invariably beyond help
> she then OPENLY admits her OWN pathetic behavior
> finally she quickly 'covers' herself with the typical progressive 😒 narrative ( that made your comment stand out!) that her PSYCHOLOGICAL.. pain🙄 was the.. cause of her... addiction 😭. MY understanding is summed up by my cynical reflection that really 'pain' has nothing to do with druggies. They are weak and parasitic persons who CHOSE their destruction and don't deserve ANY sympathy..
@@scotabot7826 agree
The fact that Jamie STILL remembers the name of the man who wrote the article about addiction from 1999 over 2 decades later is wild and reminds me why I love this woman.
“I see you”... three words that have the most profound impact. Addicts think they can hide it well, but it just takes one person to say “I see you” to make an addict realise that their addiction is real and needs to be addressed. I’m so proud of you Jamie, you’re incredible ❤️
They're powerful words. No matter what a person is going through addiction, self loathing, feeling not good enough, trying to be as invisible as possible because they feel they're not worth the time for anyone. "I see you" can make a huge impact on oneself.
She truly is incredible. I've always admired her since I was a kid. This just lets me know why I've always liked her so much. She's just so damn cool 😎
About the most interesting person in Hollywood...she obviously has an intimate relationship with something called the truth.
Damn that Brazilian lady had some balls talking to her like that.
R S No no it’s not that, it was more or less the fact that she talked that way to someone who was basically her boss.
If she had balls maybe shes a man🙂
Carl Woods a ballsy man she’d be
The Brazilian lady helped her. Addicts need to hear that I'm sure Jamie realises that
@@acidplays2997 here in brasil that's how we roll. The way we speak may be stern and may even be a bit rude, but it's out of true concern and honesty
She is so cool. Not for the drug addiction but because she owns her experience. She doesn't hide from it and she speaks up about it.
She does own her experiences, I saw some awards show where Jamie Lee called herself a “nepo-baby” because of her famous parents. Even in that, I think she may have helped somebody
I was addicted to 💊 but sober 6 years ..im so happy 😊every day is work but our choice ...i got help super blessed
6 years is so AWESOME! you go! I hope your friends and family are proud of you! 23 years from alcohol myself! It's such a journey!
@@4knewt505 23 years wow ! that is defentily great news! We have to want it ...Its a journey for sure !!! So happy to hear that there is hope for anyone no matter the struggle.
I watched Jamie on a catwalk one time, on tv. She stopped and said hello to a young boy doing a report for a school magazine. He got tongue tied. Jamie stopped him and told him to relax, get himself ready with his questions while she went to talk to some other people, then, she said she would come back and give him his interview. At that point, I understood what a wonderful person she was. Please stay well Jamie, you deserve it!
I had a horrible addiction to opiaties and it almost took my life. Praise God for being outed!!!!
Congratulations!
Congratulations!
May I respectfully ask how this happens? Is it from chronic pain? Or just the high? I suffer from chronic pain and doctors keep trying to give me pain killers but I’m so scared. At the same time though I’m tired of being in pain 😢
Ruth Salinas It gets rid of the pain and you get high basically you have a nice warm feeling like a blanket over you and everything around you feels like heaven
Ruth Salinas// I have a chronic pain disorder and took pain killers for it. Definitely try THC first if it’s possible for you. It’s less harsh on the body, less addictive, and can give you the exact same results.
If that doesn’t help, then I’d say ask your doctor about other low dose options.
My son was “unresponsive” were the words I thought I’d never hear. Straight A’s, baseball, football, wrestling. He did it all. Almost 8 years since he has been clean from heroin. You can never escape a demon on your back. You can hide it from many people, even a mom, dad, gram, aunt. Stay clean, thank you for sharing.
I relapsed a month ago. I'm happy to hit a month sober, but it's so discouraging when you fall again. Even more when you think of all the people you look up to whose lives were cut short from addiction. Jamie Lee Curtis is one of my favorite actors and this is so encouraging to hear. It's easy to forget how many people recover, but the statistic makes me feel like i can do it too. I'm 18, I haven't permanently damaged my body, I almost choked and died one night; I don't want to be trapped by my apathetic lizard-brain wanting more chemicals. The feeling I get on a happy sober day is better than the feeling any drug can gove me. The worst day sober has nothing on my worst days downing pills. Sobriety's the only way to achieve inner peace, even if it's a hard path to walk.
You can do this. You can’t do this alone. Get a program and ask for help. We do this together
Hey! Dont beat yourself up! LEARN from your relapse, and share what you learned with others! You are just as good as everyone else, and, , I will tell you this- I beleive in you! it SURE IS a hard path, but, it's better than the other path!
You did the best thing you could when you fell, you got back up again. I have been clean and sober for 34 years, and I had a whole host of things happening in my life when I got sober. My father died 16 months after I became sober. My husband and I divorced the following year, and I was going to school, working full time, and trying to get to as many meetings as I could. I was a mess but stayed sober. I knew I would be dead if I went back out again. Congratulations on one month, each day is precious.
You're doing the hard work. I'm proud of you. 😊❤
I love how she openly admits she would steal peoples vicodin.
@STAN DUPP what the fuck are you talking about dude? So because I think something is funny, I'm automatically a drug addict and a thief? Fuck man I cant believe that people like you actually exist in this world. Like how did you even reach this conclusion?
@STAN DUPP And you are what...an asshole? Walk in somebody else's shoes before criticizing. Actually, you have no right to judge anyone being as dumb as you sound; no one does.
Jesus8MyCrayons Man An addict will steal from ANYONE & EVERYONE
@@SueP-D I understand that for sure. But was confused on how that made me a "disgusting addict and thief."
Jesus8MyCrayons Man It didn’t 🤔🤔. Some people stupidly make that leap and then confront the “drinkers”
She didn't have to do this video but she did in the hopes of helping someone else. She's awesome.
And she does.
She's one of my favorite actresses and this is why...her honesty is so refreshing. Many celebs would never admit their 'human' side or they'd sugarcoat it. She meets it head on and tells it like it is...That's why I'm a fan.
Dido ❤😉
I had no idea. Her honestly is admirable. We are only as sick as our secrets. God bless her
You have a holy name
I struggle everyday to not give into pills and stay healthy. This was real. Stay strong everyone!
The best part of LOVING SOMEONE in RECOVERY, which "WAS" my dad, is you get back SOME of the LOVE that person was UNABLE to give at that time of his heroin "disease" since the 1950's. It took the birth of his 1st grandchild, not his kids, to be clean. IT WAS THE BEST 13 YEARS I had W my father. Better late than ever. HOW strong you have to be to combat THE DEVIL..RIP Dad 12/2/2008 ..Through it all I STILL TALK TO THE SKY AND LOVE YOU!
Wow that's amazing. Glad you finally got to know your dad and feel his love through his grand kids. He will be smiling down from heaven.
❤
I love how real and honest Jamie Lee Curtis is. She is wonderful.
The saddest thing about addiction is that each of us know we have to hide it from everybody else, thinking we are the only ones who cannot control ourselves. As long as we hide it, we will keep it. Once we realize that the only way to beat it is to expose it and we openly declare we are addicted, the process of healing and overcoming that addiction can begin. Mine was alcohol. 29 years of sobriety. Now, I spend my time helping and doing for those I love. I am no longer wrapped up in myself. Now, I am constantly thinking about ways I can help those I care about and the feeling is wonderful. I am alive at last!
👏👏👏❤️✌️😉
Yes alcohol is a drug and drugs are , symptoms or a symptom, ( using them)of addiction. One symptom of many.
Congratulations to everyone here who is recovered, recovering, and will one day find the voice and strength to overcome addiction.
Thank you for also including those of us, still suffering... idk if it is sadness.. or more so jealousy and envy.. or the absolute embarrassment of my brain fully understanding addiction on an intellectual level. And the concepts that recovery has very black and white requirements in order to maintain.
But yet I wake up, suffer, repeat.
Am I not LITERALLY , intentionally FAILING myself at this point ?
I would die a thousand deaths for my daughter, but realistically I've proven to her that she is not worth me living a single one .
Maybe I stay in this hell intentionally because this is what I deserve.. and I'm not writing this for someone to tell me I am worthy or to coddle me.. PS is it still an epiphany even if it is a terrible realization LOL and if anyone that knew me from high school sees this........mind your fucking business I'm doing great😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 and
I'd die to see her in person and listen to her talking, it's like a therapy. Such a wise strong woman!
the most "real" person in Hollywood! honest,, intelligent, love her honesty!!!
Hello Deborah 👋, I hope you’re safe over there? I am Pollack Sharman from Key West Florida and you where are you from if I may ask?
I have nothing but respect for Jamie Lee Curtis as she has always been real.
she never stops amazing me- honest, wise, frank and wonderful
Any addictive is destructive. But main difficult to admit you are addicted.
Thanks Jaimie for your honestly.
And now she’s an Academy Award winner!
Congratulations Jamie Lee Curtis!
She has no Oscar
Addiction sucks! Huge props to anyone who finds the strength and discipline to get and stay sober.
noneya bizness it does suck. More than words can say. Outing yourself is even harder. I know. Today, I have 618 days alcohol free (after 10+ years of lethal use daily)because I had a moment of clarity and called a hotline and stayed dedicated to my recovery.
www.samhsa.gov/find-help/national-helpline
noneya bizness anyone can do it. You just have to want to bad enough, for a long time. Plus you need to know that it’s possible and life gets better
I appreciate her honesty, she's one the few actors that seems so genuine. Five Vicodin's and wine is a dangerous cocktail. There's a difference between legitimate pain patients and pure addiction. It just bothers by the massive stigma now placed on pain patients due to others being addicted to it. I had to have a hip replacement(bone on bone had no choice genetic hip problem) last December it failed three days later then placed in another hospital and having to have another emergency replacement on the same leg again and due to all of this five months later had to have the tendon head cut out. I am in severe legitimate pain and I have a fabulous pain doctor who works with me. Pain control is completely different and I am glad my doctor monitors and keeps me safe. Between an insane amount of trigger point injections thirty in one session and manual therapy and medication for pain control it stays somewhat calm, long way to go, that's how much damage one doctor can do. My doctor controls it and he has common sense and cautious I am so glad I found him for pain management. Like she said she broke her ribs and had to take Vicodin however she said she had to do it in a careful manner that's how it should always be done.
S B Taking medicine like this just isn’t fun! I don’t understand it. I have severe facial pain. I broke my neck in a car crash. I had malignant melanoma 8 years ago, and it’s back now. Through all that and more I have taken medicine responsibly and as prescribed. Why some family members take 25 Vicodin at a time is unbelievable to me. I ask, ‘Don’t you get sick?’ I guess they develop a tolerance to the stuff. That’s why people like me cannot get meds anymore. THAT is a crime. For God’s sake,
people like me are going to DIE! Give us a break!
This amazing woman just saved my life....
I've always loved Jamie Lee Curtis. She is such a down to Earth, sweet person...she's very funny too. god bless you and your courage and commitment to stay sober. 💕
She's Blessed she's a survivor. Many die. God God Bless her. She can now minister to other's.
I nearly died many times. Never thought I could ever get sober,but I finally did and live a wonderful life these days.
I give her respect here .talks about her struggles . Much respect here .we all struggle am glad she got sober.
I respect her for being honest about her addiction. I had no idea. I'm very grateful that I have never been down that road. I hope she continues to remain in a good place.
It’s always healthy to have a good relationship with truth.
Colby, well now this is going in my quotes to live by book. Thank you.
Its the ass lickers who kill,,,TRUTH SAVES
@Harden Thicke You may eat them words on a terrible day
I have a U.K. friend who says She’s stingy with truth lol 😂
yes ....denying truth in ourselves slowly kills us. Doing and living to who we really are in the long run is best.
I’ve had the joy of meeting Ms. Curtis and worked with her on a movie. Suffice to say, she kept it real! Great lady!💫
I loved that Brazilian healer story.
Lost my best friend to addiction. Would have loved to see her in the future like Jamie. Thank you Jamie.
None is truly ever lost beauty.
I’ve met Jamie Lee Curtis twice and the last time 5 years ago which was 5 years before I tried drugs and eventually became an addict so this means so much to me while in my early stages of recovery and getting my life back.
I just adore Jamie Lee Curtis, her story just goes to show how one person can change someone’s life.
This honestly made me cry as someone who struggles with addiction. It's horrible. You isolate and feel so alone with it. Then, what is worse is when people turn it into some kind of joke. I understand it's hard to talk about in a serious way. I admire her so much for sharing her story. I always loved her as an actress anyway.
I hope you’re okay
I'm so proud of Jamie Lee for speaking out. I'm a huge fan of each of her parents and now of her's.
I overcame an amphetamine dependency. It was medically prescribed to me, and withdrawing from it was the worst physical experience of my life.
Sometimes I still crave it. I meditate and talk about it or write about it when I crave and so far, I have not relapsed.
Thank you Jamie Lee for bravely sharing your opioid dependency and recovery which will inspire others. I'm so proud of you and maybe will get to meet you one day 🙂
My husband died during adderall withdrawals. He took his life 😢 we were so deeply in love and he was the best daddy and husband for 15 years before becoming heavily dependent on it 2021. He wasn't the same.
She is so strong and a beautiful person.
I was in a relationship with the love of my life and found out he had a secret painkiller addiction. Had to end it. I also had cancer 2 years ago and had to quit smoking. Addiction is a bitch. I can tell Jamie is clean by the way she talks. I wish I could shake her hand for this video. 💕
I wish more people would take control of the reigns of their health like you did when you quit smoking in your journey to beat cancer. ❤
Wow, that’s a lot to cope with. I hope the rest of your life is happy and healthy
Yea if there's this supposedly god fuck that sadistic piece of shit
@@thelegendkillersshittyduff1335 Your a very sad and lost person!!!!
I'm also an an addict and in recovery. That's an amazing story of it!!
This is so honest! I love how she said “high bottom moment” not “rock bottom moment”
rich peoples
Michael Hart, I found that phrase interesting too because it's the "highness" that fools you about being at the bottom.
@@grittykitty50 thats an AA term. Low bottom means people that have ended up homeless etc. High bottom could mean someone else confronting you so you stop
@@grittykitty50 lol nice pun 😉
I could listen to her for hours, so much respect for this woman and for her honesty, really really respect her + she is a great speaker and a great actress
I landed her so randomly. The video showed up and since I like JLC I decided to watch. HEART. BREAKING. The part where she'd envisioned going to her friends funeral and hugging her kids tore me up! I mean bawling... 😢😭
Jamie you just made me cry damn needed a wake up call like this
You can do it 💕 Try a meeting
❤🙏❤🙏❤
@Confident Connor As the Mother of another Connor who is probably close in age to you, I urge you to seek help. Go to a meeting - just one meeting - take that first step. There are people there who care about you and your recovery. I don't know what your family situation is like, but I can tell you that loosing a child - to anything, is a heartbreak that never heals. I lost my 30 year old Nephew to a fentanyl overdose, 5 years ago, and his parents will never be whole again. They are just beginning to put one foot in front of the other - 5 years later. I can also tell you, as someone who struggled with anxiety and panic attacks since my late teens, that life gets better, and you come to appreciate the simple things more, each day. I wish you well, Connor. ✌️💞
Takes a lot of courage and strength to talk about this, I'm happy for her she's finally being honest with herself this will help many people.
Always loved Jamie Lee Curtis and I loved her now even more. She hasn't even been in any of my favourite movies of all time, but no one can deny her strong personality, talent and charisma.
I love her honesty. She seems like a regular person.Very real. Humble. 👏👏👏😍
Interesting and telling she calls it "show off business"
That word should go viral. 🙄
@@patr70 Please don't, Hotel California exists and American culture has enough of a pathetic greedy "bigger is better" NPD problem as is, and the world's heart just can't take it any more. Just stop.
@@PeterKnagge we are stronger than you think.
@@samson4965 Pathetic and I don't have time for this!
I LOVED that!
Jamie Lee bless you for this. Doctors can do incredible damage to people’s lives. A pain specialist who was also an anesthesiologist decided he wanted me to stop taking two meds post surgery. No detox plan no withdrawal just stop. You can’t just stop. I’m lucky I had the GP that I do. But you, Kristen Johnson, and Stevie Nicks got me through the worst of it. I wasn’t alone. I TiVo’d every interview, I read everyone’s bio. Every time you speak you give the gift of a lifeline.
She is such a beautiful person from the inside and out. All beautiful, I admire her energy and heart.
Thank you Jamie Lee, for having the courage and honesty to talk about your addiction in the open, so that others might learn and heal.
What a powerful and inspiring message. Thank you for sharing. ❤
I’m glad she spoke about having to use pain killers in recovery. As a recovering opiate addict, I was terrified of having to deal with an injury or surgery, then I learned I had to have multiple surgeries including a total hysterectomy and bilateral mastectomy. I thought that would be the end for me, but I had an amazing support system and doctors, and I made through all the surgeries without relapse. I know many addicts in recovery are terrified of having to have pain medications for a legitimate reason, but it can be done. Good for you Jamie! Thank you for sharing your experience and helping to dispel some of the shame that comes with addiction.
One of the prettiest celebrities I have seen in person! Absolutely a shining star! Keep shining inside and out!!
I love her honesty and candour, part of being an addict is lying, to other people and yourself, you lie to others to convince them that there's nothing wrong with you and that you're coping in life, due to pride and self-image, you lie to yourself for much the same reasons and the fear that others might find out that you're not coping and need a crutch, admitting you're an addict frees you of the fear of discovery and humbles you in admitting that you need help, and that you appear to others as weak, it takes a lot of courage to do, but it is ultimately freeing and the only way to move forward and reclaim your life.
She has been one of my fav actresses for the longest. So real and humble. I could hear her speak all day
Any favorite roles?
If love was based solely on looks alone, I'd TOTALLY be in love with U😍
About a million and one years ago, I had my wisdom teeth extracted. I was about 22 at the time. The doctor prescribed Vicodin for me for pain. I was living at home and took my first Vicodin the day of the extractions. I took a second one on the second day after my extractions and I recall vividly my mother telling me to stop taking them and switch to Tylenol. I had no idea just how powerful and addictive they were. Who knows what could have happened if I continue to take them. I applaud Jamie Lee for her courage and her truth to tell her story. It's true, once you are an addict you are never fully healed or free from your drug of choice. You're always in a state of recovery. I hope she continues on the path of sobriety.
Mom should have flushed those things! Thank God she told you to stop. My Mom was honest with me about my Grandmother getting hooked on pain pillx in the 70s when a Dr screwed up her back operation. One can use certain circumstances to educate instead of sweeping the truth under the rug. Thank heaven for our Moms!!💚💛💚💛💚💛
And btw I got my refill when I was fully recovered, no pain. I got high as hell, that stuff was nice lol
Interesting. I got painkillers for a surgical extraction of all four wisdom teeth. I got a dry socket and needed those pills. I knew down to the minute how long they took to take effect. I had no trouble stopping once the prescription ran out, though. Theses were Empirin III, used a lot during the 1970s.
I got Demerol after eye surgery involving a cornea graft and stitches. Again, I needed them. Again I had no problem doing without when they were gone and so was the discomfort. Different individuals react differently. We may have gone too far to the extreme these days with worry over addiction.
@@erynlasgalen1949 I agree with you there. We all have such differently wired brains, it would be foolish for doctors to treat everyone as if we are a clone of one type. I didn't have trouble that first time with the tonsils but I did realize how much I enjoyed opiates. I had another surgery a year later and another 2 week course of pain killers. That 2nd time I got depressed after discontinuing (first time ever getting depressed because I was young back then). Not scrounging around on the floor looking for more pills though lol. Just a mild depression.
@@mickdavis2385 wouldn't brag about using a drug just to get high!!
An honest, transparent, beautiful woman aging gracefully and naturally with nothing to hide or hold back ❤❤❤
it's so important to speak openly about addiction. i'm glad she's using her platform to destigmatize and spread awareness about this
As someone who had a secret drug addiction I had to force my self to recover for the sake of my sanity, life, health, and family. To keep something like this a secret and knowing you have to stop but being so hyped up from the highs is hard. Addiction is a choice not a disease. I would absolutely die if my family ever knew, but unfortunately I couldn’t save my sister I have tried but I just couldn’t but me walking away from that is the best thing I have ever done in my life. I have a nice home a nice husband and a great job I thank my self every day for making the choice to live and not the choice to just survive
addiction is a disease, like any disease it makes you sick, and make you do things you wont do, so i been battleing my addiction for years now, the last few years it been the worst once i lost everything.
Thanks for being so honest
She’s so insightful and real, we need more Jamie in our lives
And I thought I couldn’t love this woman more then I already did ✨
I've always loved Jamie-Lee. I had no idea she had ever had a substance abuse problem. Good on her for reaching sobriety.
I wonder what happened to her friend that was also addicted. Hopefully she got out of it too.
A beautiful and honest self reflective statement of addiction and the process of recovery.
I love Jamie. She has so much class and knowledge of the entertainment industry that can be passed on to so many up and coming stars.
Oh wow. This is so deep I never knew she was a addict. November 18 I will be sober for 9 years
November 9th I will celebrate my 8th year clean from heroin. Addiction is such a hard obstacle to overcome, because it never ends, and because it effects you in a very intense individual way, like your own personal hell. That you always have to make sure you don’t slip back into. Thank you Jamie Lee Curtis for sharing your story.
Her honesty will help so many others. I have 22 yrs in recovery, thanks to people like her sharing their stories. Thank you JLV❤❤❤
Amazing, I never knew you had addiction issues, but I knew I had mine. I have been sober more than thirty years now and still find that the idea will pop in my head to use. This is a reinforcement for me to continue living a sober life, thank you very much for sharing your story. :)