Jamie Lee Curtis reveals she was an opioid addict for 10 years without anyone knowing: 'I stole pills from friends'
Jamie Lee Curtis is definitely one of Hollywood's most famous scream queens and what many people don't know is that she had a time in her life that played out almost like a horror film. The 59-year-old Halloween star told PEOPLE that she is fortunate to be alive following an addiction to opiates that she kept a secret after it started in the late '80s. Curtis spoke about it in this week's cover story saying: "I was ahead of the curve of the opiate epidemic. I had a 10-year run, stealing, conniving. No one knew. No one."
The veteran actress opened up and said that her family has had a long history of addiction even before hers began. Her father, 'The Great Race' actor Tony Curtis, used to abuse alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. Nicholas Curtis, her half-brother, died from a heroin overdose back in 1994.
