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April 10, 2023 – “5 years ago today, I set foot — trembling like a little kid — into treatment for substance misuse,” she began her caption. “My parents hugged me goodbye, I changed into house slippers and there I was. The struggle with addiction hit me little by little, then all at once.”
She wrote: “It’s a cliche for a reason — asking for help was the hardest part (I mean, aside from the other hard parts, but each step from there got easier And ease was always the goal — ease in my body, ease in my restless mind and the ease to exist in moments of pain, anxiety and uncertainty without reaching for a solution that seemed to help in the moment but pulled me further away from the people I love and the life that I wanted.)”
Dunham explained that the past five years have been “the happiest of my time on earth so far.” She said going through life without drug use gave her a “sturdy baseline and new tools.”
“5 years ago all of this was impossible to imagine. 5 days was impossible to imagine. 5 minutes sometimes felt hard,” she said.
“I was able to get and stay sober because I had the support and resources to ask for and get incredible help — medical, spiritual,” she continued. “For so many people, the difference between sober and using isn’t their willingness, or their strength- it’s their resources. We don’t have a system that makes this easy for those who are already struggling to…
