Drew Barrymore Held Shame for Her Past as a ‘Blackout Drinker’: ‘I Put Myself in Situations I Shouldn’t Have’

> “There’s a lot about substances in the film. I was shocked to realize that part of my journey that I was looking to find, the trauma inside of me and what is it about, a big part of it was I used to be a blackout drinker,” Barrymore, 49, said.

> She went on to say that watching the movie “was an extraordinary journey for me to forgive myself, because I’ve put myself in situations I shouldn’t have put myself in.”

> “And I felt so much shame about that, and I haven’t had a drink in five years,” said Barrymore.