Jamie Lee Curtis, the best actress who stole, lied and cheated on …

Jamie Lee Curtis was suffering from a drug problem a few years ago. She never hid, but in an interview with People she is now talking about this dark period. The 59-year-old actress who's familiar with movies such as Halloween, A Fish Called Wanda and True Lies, says he is very lucky to have a movie. to have survived his heavy dependence. Misery began when he was prescribed opiate-based pain relievers in 1989 after a minor cosmetic procedure. "Then began a ten-year period during which I stole, lied and cheated to touch my convenience, and no one knew it." Nobody. "Even her husband, Christopher Guest, was not aware of his dependence. It was only when her older sister, Kelly Lee, noticed in 1998 that Jamie Lee had stolen her pills, that her problem appeared. A few months later, in early 1999, she was let in.

"More important than marriage, children and career"

"Overcoming my addiction is the greatest achievement of my life," says Curtis. "More important than my marriage, my two children and my career." She points out that she's still going to drug addict meetings. For themselves, but also to put others on the right track.

Curtis also fits in her fight to break with the break that she wishes to make with the family tradition. His father, actor Tony Curtis, has had problems with alcohol, cocaine and heroin throughout his life. His half-brother Nicolas Curtis died of an overdose in 1994. "Being drug-free for 20 years, I break the vicious circle that devastated my family's life," said the actress. .