Eliza Dushku Uncovers Her True Struggle to Recover from Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Popular actress Eliza Dushku has recently unveiled her battle with the alcoholism and drug addiction. She first experienced this addiction when she was a teenager.

TheFix reported that Eliza Dushku began to take alcohol and drug when she was just fourteen years old. While giving a speech at the New Hampshire Youth Summit on Opioid Awareness she has confessed that she is a recovering addict. The actress told thousands of students that very few people know that she was a drug addict for a good number of years.

She reveals that she is no more a drug addict. She is also not an alcoholic anymore. Eliza Dushku is a sober person who is recovering from all these addictions.

In her speech, the famous American actress has shared the reasons why she became a drug addict. At the age of fourteen, Eliza Dushku first used marijuana. She explains her first experience of using drugs.

Eliza Dushku says that it was a nice experience for her when she took drugs for the first time. She loved the fun and liked it very much, but the crucial fact was drugs never loved her. Drugs never loved those friends that she lost and now the 36-year-old actress is sober.

She is sober for herself and for her family. Eliza Dushku opines that drugs are powerful, but the willpower is more powerful. In a word, she reveals that she is no more a drug addict because she is strong enough to recover from this addiction problem.

The "Bring it On" actress unveils when she for the first time wanted to get rid of all these problems. She utters that her brother requested her not to be around his daughter. That was the day when Eliza Dushku became mentally prepared to make herself clean.

She loved her niece and her brother. Eliza Dushku is now a good auntie. She was a very confused person when she became a drug addict and an alcohol addict. That time it was difficult for her to take the right decisions.

WONDERWALL reported that Eliza Dushku has shared some important words while giving her speech at the New Hampshire Youth Summit. She reveals that it was difficult for her to ask people for help and she experienced a hard time. She was a strong girl and she finally did the right thing.

Eliza Dushku is now attending college and pursuing a bachelor's degree in Sociology. She is preparing to fulfill her dreams. The popular actress is a true example of courage and strong willpower.

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