Hollywood's heartache: Los Angeles fires claim historic church
The northern part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area has been burning for several days now. There have been the first casualties, and people are losing their homes and belongings. A Hollywood actress mourns a church that was a mainstay for the local community and has burned down completely.
As a result of the fires raging for two days in California, thousands of people have been evacuated and have nowhere to return to, having lost their belongings and, often, their jobs as well. The media reports about the well-known and wealthy who have also lost their properties, though they are in a much better situation than the "average person." Jamie Lee Curtis posted a photo on Instagram of a church in the Pacific Palisades district of Los Angeles, which was completely burned down.
"This is the church in Palisades, which ran a school and Sunday school for the little ones. It was a wonderful house of prayer and is the building where I sobered up 25 years ago. I am thinking of all the souls who came there for comfort and solace, all the baptisms, funerals, and weddings, and the thousands of people who regained their lives thanks to sobriety. The Palisades Women's Club, where I met many sober individuals, also operated here. These are tough times. We will endure. God bless you all," the actress wrote.
Jamie Lee Curtis openly about alcohol addiction
The Oscar and two Golden Globes winner has been sober for over 20 years. She does not shy away from discussing this topic. It's known that her family already had issues with substances. Her father, actor Tony Curtis, struggled with addiction to alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. Her half-brother Nicholas Curtis died from a heroin overdose in 1994. She herself revealed in 2018 that she was addicted to opioids for 10 years.
Her ordeal with opioids began in 1989 when she underwent plastic surgery, and the doctor prescribed her painkillers. Since then, she took them in large quantities, stole pills from others, and was so cunning that no one noticed. Similar struggles were experienced by Matthew Perry before his death.
In 1999, Curtis attended her first meeting for addicts. "Sobering up remains my greatest achievement... greater than my husband, my children, and greater than any role, success, or failure. Greater than anything," the actress emphasized then.
