Jamie Lee Curtis' Addiction Recovery Plan: Let Hair Go Grey, Stop Wearing Heels

New York Daily News:

Jamie Lee Curtis is coming clean about her battle with drugs - nearly 10 years after the fact.

The "Freaky Friday" star became hooked on painkillers following cosmetic surgery on her eyes when she was 35, she told More magazine.

Now 49, Curtis says her addiction was so bad that she even stole pills from her sister, who, at the time, was recovering at the actress' house from a broken bone.

Read the whole story: New York Daily News

Comments

[dac253]

I love Jamie Lee.

Dat's Hollywood royalty there.

[Agentlady007]

I love her too. How can you not? I can't stand Kate Hudson though. What a boring actress.
Jamie is so much more interesting and twice her age. Go figure.

[PaleMail]

How many painkillers does one get prescribed after cosmetic eye surgery? Post operation is virtually pain free after a day or two. Addiction is serious business and Ms Curtis should come clean with the facts.

[drd1044]

Jamie has kept her hair unattractively short and used no makeup for many years,, I suspect part of her unhappiness had to do with the fact that she was the average looking child of gorgeous parents.

[Agentlady007]

Yes, and next we'll be hearing about how much fabric softener she puts in her wash when she throws in the sweat suits.

[ptillen]

Average looking?? That must make me Quasimodo.

[fcsakes]

Good Lord, does even ONE of you get it? That's hilarious - you don't get it!

Jamie Lee Curtis has more moxie in her toenails than the lot of you combined.

Look it up.

[cruisepuppy7452a]

Can anyone tell me what avoiding hair dye and high heels has to do with recovery? Um, the last time my kid was in abuse recovery, nothing about hair dye or high heels came up. She is a loon. If she doesn't want to dye her hair, fine, doesn't want to kill her feet with high heels, ok. But htat has nothing to do with addiction or recovery. By the way, most men are not meant to wear high heels, which is why her feet suffer. Hello, she is a he.

[heal57]

Re your last sentence; I've always wondered about that.

[ptillen]

I think it was, like, a joke.

[ModerateWestCoaster]

I gave up coloring my gray - the choice was a tank of gas or coloring my hair. That reality is what most women in my socio-economic group are facing.

[lovethebomb]

Wow, she's only 49? When I saw that cover on AARP I thought she was over 60. And she is acting like she is 70. I'm 45 and think like I'm 30. Grey hair is no big deal. Clooney does it, and he has a lot more to lose by doing it. Think young, my dear.

[Theda]

I know...Jamie is acting as if she's 70 years old. In that AARP interview, Jamie said she now wears ONLY black or white.....no bright colors, no pink, red or blue. No turquoise or gold or anything pretty or attractive.
And she only wears plain black dresses or black sweat pants and sweat shirts. Also, she says she wears NO makeup and prefers very short, gray hair.
When I was a little kid, I knew an old lady in my neighborhood who refused to wear "colors" due to her "advanced age". Like Jamie, she only wore black.
Times have changed, Jamie! In your rebellion against your aging Dad and his flamboyant young lady friends, you are chopping off your nose to spite your face!
Wear makeup. Dye your hair.....wear pink and blue. Have fun and stop being an old fuddy-duddy.

[lisakaz2]

I agree about the heels but I can't stop with the hair dye. Help!

[impatient]

I think the biggest issue in this article is that she said no one knew. THAT is irresponsible. Of course people knew. If she was taking pills AND drinking, they knew.

I think she has some work to do on repairing trust more than on the outward stuff. Hair color, shoes, whatever. But the relationship repair is what is really important. Demonstrating to those closest to her that she loves them, wants to re-earn their trust, and admits responsibility for having been selfish and narcissistic and wants to change.

[kbuffler42]

I applaud Jamie Lee Curtis for being brave enough to go with her natural hair color and to pass on high heels which are unatural and (in my opinion) uncomfortable. I am sure the pressure to appear young in her industry is difficult. The pressure to be what others want us to be in all walks of life is difficult. One of the things Ms. Curtis doesn't address is the disease component of addiction. Many people cope with "stress", whatever the source, without abusing drugs or alcohol while others abuse substances without any, one, particular stress factor to "blame". The fact is, substance abuse is a disease, an illness, that some are at risk for. Fortunately, some of those folks never manifest full blown disease and many who do find their back to health with the help of AA and other treatments. Jamie Lee Curtis is intelligent and articulate and, with her high profile, could (perhaps) do a great deal to promote the recognition (and acceptance) of addiction as a treatable disease. An illness that needs to be de-stigmatized and covered by health insurance just like other diseases and illnesses.

[Agentlady007]

Dear Jamie,

Color your hair dear. It means nothing, Your father always used to say " Just go Bionde and forget about it." I say Go back to that pretty light auburn and wear a 2 inch heel instead of a four. Big deal.
Move on. ! Stop looking like your grandmother.

[Agentlady007]

I think there are natural henna rinses if you're really going vegan with this recovery thing. I never liked you as a blonde, but now that you are older you can pull it off. I think you were cute with the short light golden brown hair and highlights. Your husband Chrissy could use a good treatment of 'Just For Men' himself.

[Theda]

You can buy henna dyes at the health food store and they work pretty well. It's one thing to be against plastic surgery, which makes sense.
But it's another thing to purposely WANT gray hair, no makeup and black clothing at the young age of 49.

[GalaxieGal]

Intentionally looking like a grandma would depress me. I started getting grey pretty early, why not perk up with a little color?

[Agentlady007]

Perk up? I've gotta agreee with you. I was just thinking this morning how this one picture of Jamie reminds me of Anthony Perk-ins from the famous movie 'Psycho" which her mother starred in.
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( I am just kidding. Sort of.)

[bujeeboo]

Hair dye and high heels somehow contributing to success in sobriety? What BS.

[CarlyM]

Apparently her recovery plan also includes being preachy and judgmental. As quoted in AARP Magazine: "I don’t know why doctors don’t say, ‘Oh, you smoke? I’m not going to treat you. It’s clear that you’re not interested in being alive.’ "
We all know that smoking is highly dangerous. But I think that remark is crude and shows a complete lack of empathy for anyone with an addiction. She's obviously pretty pleased with herself. I used to like her, too bad she turned out to be so self-righteous. But then, it seems many of those rich enough to buy anything they want (including assistants and non-insurance covered treatment) often are.

[bujeeboo]

OR giving up high heels and hair dye...

(blush)

[lippp]

well, she is right about smoking. We have allowed our government to continue to support the manufacture of these coffin nails and market them as if they were really not so bad especially the BS if taken in moderation or with filters. We turn a blind eye accepting this deadly habit in others. I have a sibling who, with her husband, smoke like chimmneys. I voiced my concern tactfully but firmly to no avail. Unfortunately, this habit has deadened our relationship. I cannot visit her because I get headaches just living in her nicotine coated home from secondary smoke. Her two cats died abruptly and unexpectedly from no doubt taking in all that secondary smoke. But we, as a society, allow those unfortuante addicted, to readily purchase cigarettes packaged as if they were just another recreational option. There is a reason in this country we don't allow the manufacture and selling of abestos or paint with lead because we learned how deadly they are. But our government clearly is influened by the big corporations and their lobbyists when it comes to cigarettes regardless if it results in thousands and thousands of painful deaths annually.