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Jan. 27, 2026 – Award-winning writer, director and actor Lydia Cornell is best known for her starring role on the hit ABC series Too Close for Comfort as Emmy legend Ted Knight’s daughter ‘Sara’. More recently seen on HBO’s Curb, Variety’s Power of Comedy, and several indie films, she has over 250 films and TV episodes to her credit.
Q. If you are in recovery, what was your drug(s) of choice and when is your sobriety date?
A. Alcohol, cocaine. My sobriety date is September 11, 1994.
Q. Is there anything special in your sobriety toolkit that helps keep you sober?
A. Rule 62: “Don’t take yourself too damn seriously.
3rd Step Prayer: “Relieve me of the bondage of self.”
Going to meetings – at least 3 per week. Working with sponsees.
Surrender, prayer, gratitude lists, meditation.
Q. Do you think addiction is an illness, disease, a choice, or a wicked twist of fate?
A. A spiritual malady rooted in childhood trauma… (and sometimes in materialism, hypercapitalism, and pop culture).
A mental obsession and allergy that is only relieved by a spiritual solution.
