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Natasha Lyonne announced that she relapsed after years of sobriety.
"Anyone out there struggling, remember you're not alone," the Poker Face star said.
Lyonne's battle with addiction received widespread media attention earlier in her career before she went to rehab in 2006.
Natasha Lyonnehas announced that she relapsed after years of sobriety.
"Took my relapse public. More to come," theRussian Dollactresswrote on Xon Friday night. In afollow-up post, she said, "It's all kinds of fun."
Lyonnereflected furtheron relapsing in an additional post. "Recovery is a lifelong process. Anyone out there struggling, remember you're not alone," she wrote. "Grateful for love & smart feet. Stay honest, folks. Sick as our secrets. If no one told ya today, I love you. No matter how far down the scales we have gone, we will see how our experience may help another. Keep going, kiddos. Don't quit before the miracle. Wallpaper your mind with love. Rest is all noise & baloney."
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Later, in aresponseto a commenter, Lyonne wrote, "May become a pothead or a nun. TBD."
ThePoker Facestar alsosaidsociety needs to improve its approach to combating addiction. "We need better systems and to end shame — bill the sacklers & stilettos or something but don't @ me for getting honest," she said.
Multiple incidents that occurred during Lyonne's battle with addiction received widespread media attention in the early 2000s, including a 2001drunk driving arrestand methadone treatment for heroin addiction that was revealed after a 2005hospitalization. She was also arrested in 2004 after threatening a neighbor and their dog, though the charges were ultimately dismissed once she completed court-appointed rehab in 2006.
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TheOrange Is the New Blackactressdiscussed her addiction in a 2012 interview withEntertainment Weekly. "Spiraling into addiction is really, really scary," she said. "Some things have a very A-to-B scientific effect. Like, alcohol is a depressant. Cocaine is a stimulant. And then: Cocaine plus heroin is bad! That's the point of my story, that's the moral."
Lyonne recognized that her early struggles could have had mortal consequences. "It's weird to talk about," she said at the time. "I was definitely as good as dead, you know? A lot of people don't come back. That makes me feel wary, and self-conscious. I wouldn't want to feel prideful about it. People really rallied around me and pulled me up by my f---ing bootstraps."
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TheAmerican Piestar latertoldThe Guardianthat her journey with addiction has helped her gain a unique perspective on her life. "In many ways, I'm very grateful I had such a public addiction story, you know?" she said in 2019. "Sure, I find it tedious that 13 years later, people still want to talk about it as if it's 'juicy.' To me, what is more interesting about it is that I never feel like anybody in that position is a stranger to me."
In 2025, Lyonne starred in season 2 ofPoker Faceand had supporting roles inThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,Smurfs, andThe Bad Guys 2. She'll next appear in season 3 ofEuphoria, and will direct the AI filmUncanny Valleyas well as the '80s-set filmBambo.
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