Jamie Lee Curtis has spoken about her own battle with addiction after Friends star Matthew Perry opened up about his own battles with alcohol and drugs.
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In an interview with People, Matthew spoke candidly about his addictions, and confessed that he spent several weeks in a coma and nearly died when he was just 49, with doctors telling him he had a survival chance of just "two per cent". His colon burst from opioid overuse and he spent weeks fighting for his life. What followed was five months in hospital and nine months with a colostomy bag.
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Taking to Instagram, Jamie praised Matthew for his honesty, and opened up about her own battle, with the star previously having been addicted to painkillers.
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In an emotional caption, Jamie shared: "I am so happy that Matthew is sharing his secret so that others can realize the power of addiction and that one can find help.
"I've been sober for coming up 24 years off of a Vicodin addiction, and it was when a journalist wrote an article in @esquire about his own addiction to Vicodin, that I actually realized I wasn't so alone and so unique.
"That became the stepping point for me to seek the help I needed which I received in recovery rooms all over the world. This new synthetic opiate, Fentanyl, is a ruthless, killer and much more powerful and addictive."
Jamie gave her support to Matthew
She concluded: "Whoever reads this, who is struggling, please know you are not alone and there are many other people who share your disease and have found recovery."
The star's openness was met with support from fans, with one sharing: "Sharing experience, strength, and HOPE."
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A second added: "Visibility saves lives. Four years alcohol-free for me," and a third posted: "We do recover! I just celebrated 3 years clean from an opiate addiction. Life is good!!!"
Jamie was previously addicted to painkillers, and at the height of her addiction even swiped some from her sister.
Jamie battled an addiction to painkillers
Speaking to Variety about the moment, she confessed: "I wrote her a letter and I said, 'I've done a terrible thing, and I've stolen your pills from you, and I'm sorry.'
When I came home that night, I was terrified that she was going to be so angry at me, but she just looked at me and put her arms out and hugged me and said, 'You are an addict and I love you, but I am not going to watch you die.'
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"That's it. She didn't wag her finger at me. She didn't tell me anything else."
Things turned around for Jamie when she read in Esquire about journalist Tom Chiarella's own addiction, she was inspired to begin attending recovery meetings that helped her reach sobriety.
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