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Jamie Lee Curtis touches on family's addiction and her incredible journey to sobriety

The Halloween actress spoke to HELLO! at JLGB Virtual's online event

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Hanna Fillingham
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Jamie Lee Curtis has been on an incredible journey to sobriety for over 20 years, and the Halloween star has revealed that it's her biggest achievement in life.

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Chatting to HELLO! at JLGB's Virtual online event at the beginning of February, alongside her husband Christopher Guest, the award-winning star touched upon her family's struggles with substance abuse as well as her own, and how she overcame it.

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"My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment that I will ever get to do in this human life," she said.

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"I have a generational link to addiction and substance abuse in my family and I was able to catch it, look in the mirror, understand the problem and I have been clean and sober for 22 years."

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Jamie Lee Curtis opened up about her inspirational journey to sobriety 

Addiction ran in her family and her brother Nicholas sadly died from a heroin overdose at age 21 in 1994. Her father Tony Curtis was also into drugs and Jamie even admitted doing cocaine with him too.

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The star has credited her husband and their children Annie and Thomas for their support in helping her remain happy and sober.

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Jamie Lee Curtis and Christopher Guest speaking at the JLGB virtual event

The mother-of-two's comments follow shortly after she opened up about her battle with sobriety in a heartfelt statement on Instagram at the beginning of the month.

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Jamie, 62, shared a fresh-faced throwback image of herself drinking tequila and captioned it: "A LONG time ago… In a galaxy far, far away… I was a young STAR at WAR with herself. I didn't know it then. I chased everything. I kept it hidden.

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The Hollywood star with her famous parents

"I was a sick as my secrets. "With God's grace and the support of MANY people who could relate to all the 'feelings' and a couple of sober angels... I've been able to stay sober, one day at a time, for 22 years.

"I was a high bottom, pun kind of intended, so the rare photo of me proudly drinking in a photo op is very useful to help me remember. To all those struggling and those who are on the path…MY HAND IN YOURS."

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