Jamie Lee Curtis opens up about opiate addiction
- 8 years ago
Jamie Lee Curtis was shocked to learn that Prince was reportedly addicted to painkillers, but it’s something she understands well, as she was once hooked on them herself.
“I too, waited anxiously for a prescription to be filled for the opiate I was secretly addicted to,” the actress, 57, wrote in an essay for the Huffington Post.
“I too, took too many at once.
I too, sought to kill emotional and physical pain with painkillers.
Kill it.
Make it stop.”
According to the “Scream Queens” star, her struggle began after she was prescribed painkillers following a medical procedure.
Fortunately for her, she has been clean for nearly two decades.
While the actress is glad that the government is finally joining the fight against opiate addiction, she wrote that she still mourns those for whom this was too late.
“I too, waited anxiously for a prescription to be filled for the opiate I was secretly addicted to,” the actress, 57, wrote in an essay for the Huffington Post.
“I too, took too many at once.
I too, sought to kill emotional and physical pain with painkillers.
Kill it.
Make it stop.”
According to the “Scream Queens” star, her struggle began after she was prescribed painkillers following a medical procedure.
Fortunately for her, she has been clean for nearly two decades.
While the actress is glad that the government is finally joining the fight against opiate addiction, she wrote that she still mourns those for whom this was too late.