Actress Cameron Díaz is a good friend of Drew Barrymore and she told the worst of the fight she had against alcoholism.
Drew Barrymore's fight against alcoholism is well known and she has commented on how difficult it was to go through that long process. But now it is one of her colleagues who told her what it was like to see her going through that process, it is Cameron Díaz.
The thing is that both shared a set when making the Charlie's Angels saga in the two films that were released in 2000 and 2003, respectively. At that time, with so much time spent together, they built a friendship that lasted over time, which is why Díaz was present in Barrymore's fight.
But first, we must remember the reason for Drew's introduction to alcoholism. According to what she said, she got drunk to “numb the pain” caused by her divorce from Will Kopelman, her third husband, in 2016. Some time later she sought professional help, but it was her therapist who abandoned the treatment because she could not. deal with it.
Drew always had her friends close to her, and she also had good job offers, but none of them supported her. “At times you seem to be inspired by everyone else, but you treat yourself like shit,” she reflected. “I asked myself, ‘When are you going to be enough for yourself?’” she told the Los Angeles Times.
That's why Cameron Díaz also tried to be as close as she could to her friend. “I knew that if we all stayed with her and gave her the support she needed, she would find her way,” she told the same media and claimed to have “absolute faith” in Barrymore's recovery.
“You can't even imagine how hard it was to be her as a child, and then she could save herself,” Díaz continued, referring to her friend's stormy childhood and how she had to recover from many tough episodes. as he grew up.
Luckily, everything started to look up for Drew when he started his talk show, as it was the breaking point of his life regarding his situation with alcohol. “I think the opportunity to have a program like this really hit me hard. I was like, 'I can't handle this unless I'm in a really clear place,'” she exclaimed.
She has been sober for three years, resumed therapy with the same professional who had abandoned her, and has a clear goal: to be the best mother possible for her girls Olive, 10, and Frankie, 8. “I realized that only with me and my daughters, I am truly happy,” said Barrymore.
