Drew Barrymore has disclosed how she ended the alcohol abuse cycle in her family. The 49-year-old, who first gained notoriety at the age of 11 months after starring in an advertisement, has had many highs and lows in the spotlight. She has acted in a lot of movies, like ET, Charlie’s Angels, and 50 First Dates, to mention a few, but those aren’t the parts she is most proud of. The talk show presenter and star of Scream has always been transparent about her challenging family’s history of alcohol misuse.
Drew Barrymore On Breaking Generational Trauma
Many members of Barrymore’s family, who were also performers, had a long history of addiction. Her aunt Diana Barrymore acknowledged using drugs and alcohol in her memoir Too Much Too Soon, while her grandpa John Barrymore, a Shakespearean actor in the 1920s and 1930s, drank himself to death. Additionally, John Drew Barrymore, Barrymore’s father, has battled alcoholism. “I think, for me, stopping drinking is one of the most honoring things I can do to the Barrymore name because we have all been such hedonists,” she stated in an exclusive interview with People Magazine. The actor who played Donnie Darko went on, “Don’t look to me as the pillar of health and wellness and having it all together.”It’s like, what are you thinking? For our family, this didn’t work, therefore I’m going to quit. “Maybe my kids and their kids will benefit more from me being the one to sever that link in the chain. “We have to fight genetic follies that our families bring to us.” Throughout her career, Barrymore has been honest about her challenges.
