Jamie Lee Curtis says she was addicted to painkillers

In the upcoming issue of More magazine, actress Jamie Lee Curtis admits that she battled a prescription drug addiction nearly fifteen years ago. She says it started after she had some cosmetic surgery on her eyes and was given a prescription pain killer. Pretty soon she was taking the pills to get high and drinking heavily and combat the loneliness she felt.

The glamorous actress, who became Lady Haden-Guest when her husband inherited his title in 1996, initially hid her dependency from her family. 'No one knew. Chris didn't have a clue,' she says.

The star, whose father was infamous for drug-taking, recalls how her sister Kelly was staying at her mansion while recovering from a broken bone and Jamie Lee began pilfering her pills. Finally, she wrote Kelly a heart-breaking letter which she never sent.
Still stunning: Jamie-Lee Curtis at the Academy 2004

Still stunning: Jamie Lee Curtis arriving at the Oscars in 2004

It said: 'I've been harbouring a bad secret. I have found and taken many of your painkillers. I've betrayed you, and I know that you're angry, and you have every right to be. I am lonely. I take them at night to ease the pain. I was so afraid to tell you.'

[From the Daily Mail]

According to Jamie Lee part of the problem was her low self-esteem that caused her to get plastic surgery in the first place. A camera man had told her she was getting bags under her eyes. And in Hollywood, that's a big deal. She also claims she drank because she felt ugly to her husband and the world in general.

She has said: 'I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body. And every time I did, something we...

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