Natasha Lyonne Says She Has Relapsed After Years of Sobriety

Natasha Lyonne revealed that she has relapsed in her sobriety journey.

Lyonne, 46, shared the health update in a series of X posts on the evening of Friday, Jan. 23, writing, “Took my relapse public more to come.”

Hours later, The Poker Face actress followed up the message with a more detailed post in which she said she hoped sharing her experience might help others. 

“Recovery is a lifelong process. Anyone out there struggling, remember you’re not alone. Grateful for love & smart feet,” she wrote.

“Gonna do it for baby Bambo,” she continued, in reference to her upcoming project about hockey player Sophie “Bambo” Braverman, which she wrote and is slated to direct.

She continued, “Stay honest, folks. Sick as our secrets. If no one told ya today, I love you. No matter how far down the scales we have gone, we will see how our experience may help another. Keep going, kiddos. Don’t quit before the miracle. Wallpaper your mind with love. Rest is all noise & baloney.”

The actress, who entered rehab in 2006, publicly struggled with addiction in the early aughts. She later opened up about the tumultuous period in her life in a 2012 interview with Entertainment Weekly. 

“Spiraling into addiction is really, really scary,” she said at the time.

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“It’s weird to talk about. I was definitely as good as dead, you know? A lot of people don’t come back. That makes me feel wary, and self-conscious. I wouldn’t want to feel prideful about it. People really rallied around me and pulled me up by my f—ing bootstraps,” she said.

In a 2017 interview with The Guardian, the Russian Doll star said she has “no problem” speaking openly about her journey with addiction. 

“I’m such an open book that I have no problem talking about it and speaking freely, but I’ve sort of said my piece on the subject,” she said, adding, “The truth is, at the back of that addiction are feelings that so many of us have, that don’t go away.”

“Isn’t everyone entitled to a moment of existential breakdown in a lifetime? Adulthood is making peace with being kind to oneself when a response to life that’s so much more organic and immediate would be to self-destruct,” she continued.