Drew Barrymore has opened up about a therapist once quitting on her after expressing concerns about her drinking.
The actress, 48, has always been open about her past battles with alcohol and drugs - including a stint in rehab at just 13 years old.
She admitted her drinking flared up again following her 2016 divorce from Will Kopelman, to the point that her therapist dropped her as a client.
Drew had been seeing Barry Michels for therapy for over a decade, but he gave her a stark wake-up call after becoming concerned about her drinking after her divorce.
Drew opened up about the period after her 2016 divorce, telling the Los Angeles Times: "[Barry Michels] just said, 'I can’t do this anymore.'
"It was really about my drinking. I said, 'I get it. I’ve never respected you more. You see I’m not getting better. And I hope, one day, that I can earn your trust back.'"
Drew and Will, a former actor turned art consultant, had split after four years of marriage and share daughters Olive, 10, and Frankie, eight.
Another of her inner circle that expressed concerns about her dependence on alcohol was close friend and Charlie's Angels co-star Cameron Diaz, who admitted that while seeing Drew in pain was "difficult to watch," she never lost "absolute faith" that she would one day recover.
Cameron explained: "You can’t even comprehend how hard it was to be her as a child, and then she shot out the other end with the ability to save herself."
Drew quit drinking for good after filming the pilot for The Drew Barrymore Show in 2019, which was renewed for a fourth season this year.
Turning her life around once again also helped her to reconnect with her therapist, who took her back on as a client.
"I think the opportunity at a show like this really hit me. I was like, ‘I can’t handle this unless I’m in a really clear place.'"
While she no longer drinks, Drew doesn't describe herself as 'sober' or attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings as part of her recovery.
The Golden Globe winner has always been open about her difficult childhood, after finding fame at the age of six with her role in E.T.
She had experimented with drugs and alcohol from a young age, being a regular at Studio 54 as a young girl, before first entering rehab at 13.
By 14, Drew was emancipated from her family and back in rehab following an attempt to take her own life, before staying with singer David Crosby and his wife for three months in order to be around people who were committed to their sobriety.
The actress moved in to her own apartment at the age of 15 and continued with her hugely successful movie career.
Drew told CBS Mornings in 2021: "Maybe people think, like, I figured out so many problems when I was young, because it was so hard then.
"We continue to confront things with each decade of our life that almost surpasses what we thought we had seen. And I’m interested in that conversation ― that we don’t fix it, move on and it never breaks again. We are on that roller coaster."
If you or someone you know is battling addiction, please reach out for help and contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA's) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (1-800-662-4357) or go to https://findtreatment.gov/
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