Us Weekly reports that actress Eliza Dushku recently spoke at the New Hampshire Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness in Manchester, New Hampshire, where she revealed her own battles with addiction. Here's what she had to say:
"Something a lot of people don't know about me is that I'm an alcoholic and I was a drug addict for a lot of years. I'm always going to be that, but the difference between me and an alcoholic or a drug addict that still drinks and does drugs is that I'm sober. I don't drink and I don't do drugs anymore.
...I loved the first time I took a drug because I loved the way it made me feel. I loved the way it made me not feel — I didn't have to feel. It was fun — and I loved it — until it wasn't. Drugs didn't love me. They didn't love my family. They definitely didn't love my friends that died.
...I was depressed. I didn't like myself, but I love my family. I remember my brother telling me he didn't want me to be around my niece because he didn't trust me. I'm a really good auntie today. But you know what? He was right. I'm a good person, but when I did drugs and I drank, I didn't make good decisions.… All it takes is one bad decision. You don't have to live like that.
If you're in trouble, all you have to do is say, 'I need help.' I'm a real badass and tough girl. It was the hardest thing in the world for me to ask for help and it was the most powerful thing I've ever done."
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