WINNER’S WINNER –
July 27, 2025 – She is calling herself a “controlled addict” after decades of being a recovering alcoholic. The 66-year-old actress reflected on her 26-year-long sobriety journey in a new interview, saying she has always retained some degree of control over her life, even when she was at her lowest point.
“I am a controlled addict,” she told The Guardian. “In recovery we talk about how, in order to start recovering, you have to hit what you call a ‘bottom.’”
“You have to crash and burn, lose yourself and your family and your job and your resources in order to know that the way you were living didn’t work. I refer to myself as an Everest bottom; I am the highest bottom I know,” the Freaky Friday star noted.
Unlike many struggling with addiction, Curtis explained that she didn’t face any major fallout.
“When I acknowledged my lack of control, I was in a very controlled state. I lost none of the external aspects of my life. The only thing I had lost was my own sense of myself and self-esteem.”
