Kristie, 68 years, made a bold confession on social media. On Twitter, she shared with her fans “vowed to spend the same [money] weekly on flowers that I’d spent on drugs.”
For u who don’t know much about me, I used to be a coke head. I quit drugs in 1979 & vowed to spend the same $ weekly on flowers that I’d spent on drugs. I buy & arrange my own flowers as a gift to MYSELF. I buy them in the grocery store ..:)!🥰🌷🌹🌺🌸 pic.twitter.com/WfbcHXjkVC
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) November 22, 2019
The American actress is famous for her role in the TV show “Cheers.” She won an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1991. A year later, she won Golden Globe for her acting in Cheers. The Show aired in 1987 till 1993.
She celebrates her sobriety every week with flowers. She had openly talked about her addiction in 2013. She tried the drug after splitting from her husband, Bob Alley, in 1977 to manage her emotional stress.
She confessed after her divorce she was hanging out with druggie friends who told her that cocaine makes a person light n peppy. She was depressed n life was in a wreck, she tried it out. With one snort, she decided to take it for life long.
But in 1979, she went to the detox center at Narconon. She decided to take control of her life back in her hands, and with firm determination, she came out clean and much stronger.
With her confession, she received a lot of praise and positive note from all her fans.