Lena Dunham 'grateful' for five years of sobriety

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Lena Dunham has celebrated her fifth anniversary of being sober. In a Monday Instagram post, the Girls star announced that she had been sober for five years. “5 years ago today, I set foot - trembling like a little kid - into treatment for substance misuse.

My parents hugged me goodbye, I changed into house slippers and there I was,” Lena recounted, captioning a series of throwback photos of herself. “The struggle with addiction hit me little by little, then all at once.

It’s a cliché for a reason - asking for help was the hardest part. ”The actress and writer recounted her journey to sobriety and sent a message of hope to fans who may be struggling with addiction as she did. “Each step from there got easier.

And ease was always the goal - ease in my body, ease in my restless mind and the ease to exist in moments of pain, anxiety and uncertainty without reaching for a solution that seemed to help in the moment but pulled me further away from the people I love and the life that I wanted,” she wrote. “The last 5 years have been the happiest of my time on earth so far (at least this time around!) They’ve been full of work, love, complexity and- yes- pain. ”Lena continued, “Facing all of that without medicating myself in unhealthy ways has given me a sturdy baseline and new tools.