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As a result, she started playing. “I started cheating on my husband,” she said on the podcast. “I used to really drink alcohol to get rid of the drugs. And then I realized I would get up in the morning and go straight to the minibar and have those mini vodka bottles or whiskey whatever was left and no more of the drugs. I said : ‘I think I have a drinking problem.’ “
There was one night in Los Angeles that she remembered particularly well. Allen recalled, “I remember being in LA thinking, ‘None of this works anymore. Maybe I should try heroin.'”
Then she knew she needed help. “I had been in a scene that – a scene that happens to people using heroin – and knew it was time to face my demons when that thought came to my mind,” she said. “That was about five years ago. And I was starting to recover.”
Although she attended 90 meetings in 90 days, she was not really committed to the program. “I just thought I just want to be six months old,” she said. “‘As soon as I get there, at least I know that I can stop if I need to know.'”
Six months later, she started drinking again – and it destroyed her world. “I lost my marriage. I lost my house, which I would work for 10 years. My career began to decline and I lost all of my friends,” admitted Allen, who split from Cooper in 2016 and divorced in 2018 completed. “I didn’t have any of my friendships anymore. I was so angry, so mad all the time. I really felt like the world owed me and I got the raw end of the deal. That went on for another four years and then I’m back in.” the rooms. “
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