SOMETHING TO SCREAM ABOUT –
Feb. 4, 2021 – “A LONG time ago … In a galaxy far, far away … I was a young STAR at WAR with herself,” she began.
“I didn’t know it then. I chased everything. I kept it hidden. I was a sick as my secrets. With God’s grace and the support of MANY people who could relate to all the ‘feelings’ and a couple of sober angels … I’ve been able to stay sober, one day at a time, for 22 years.”
Curtis, 62, said the picture she shared serves as a reminder of who she used to be. Curtis has been open about her addiction, talking about her dependence on opiates three years ago.
“I was ahead of the curve of the opiate epidemic,” she told People in 2018. “I had a 10-year run, stealing, conniving. No one knew. No one.” Curtis said she became addicted in 1989 after having minor plastic surgery on her eyes. She would seek treatment a decade later.
The “True Lies” star comes from a family that has struggled with addiction. Her brother, Nicholas, died of a heroin overdose and her dad, acting legend Tony Curtis, sought treatment for alcohol and drug abuse.
“But I shared drugs with my dad,” she told Variety in 2019. “I did cocaine and freebased once with my dad. But that was the only time I did that, and I did that with him. He did end up getting sober for a short period of time and was very active in recovery for about three years. It didn’t last that long. But he found recovery for a minute.”
