Natasha Lyonne reveals she relapsed following years of sobriety from hard drugs including ‘speedballs’
Natasha Lyonne has often talked about her journey to recover from substance abuse.
Now, the 46-year-old Poker Face star is sharing his relapse in a post about X that he writes in his usual sharp and humorous style.
“She made my relapse public, more to come,” Lyonne told her 545.5 thousand followers who showered her with support.
“Thanks boss…for the blessing etc,” the actor wrote in response to a supportive comment. ‘Sending love back your way. She could be a brunette or a nun. TBD.’
Lyonne, who looked even worse at the Golden Globes after-party just weeks ago, did not give an exact time frame for when and how the disease recurred, but emphasized that “recovery is a lifelong process.”
His written message on Saturday, January 24, continued: “If anyone out there is struggling, remember that you are not alone.”
Natasha Lyonne, photographed at the Golden Globes on January 11, has often talked about her journey to recovery from substance abuse, and now the 46-year-old Poker Face star is sharing her substance abuse relapse in a post on X
‘I’m grateful for love and smart feet. I’m going to do this for baby Bambo. Be honest, guys. ‘As sick as our secrets.’
The Orange is the New Black alum added: ‘If no one told you today, I love you. No matter how far we go, we will see how our experiences can help someone else. Go ahead guys. Don’t give up before the miracle. Turn your mind into wallpaper with love. ‘The rest is all noise and nonsense.’
‘I love you,’ she wrote to one devotee, and to another, ‘We need better systems and we need to end the shame – bill the Sacklers and stilettos and stuff but don’t text me because I’m honest.’
He was referring to the infamous Sackler family, best known for owning Purdue Pharma, which developed the highly addictive pain medication OxyContin and reaped billions of dollars from its sales.
Last year, the company was forced to walk away from a $7.4 billion settlement due to its role in the current opioid epidemic.
Lyonne, who completed rehab in 2006, previously spoke about her descent into drug and alcohol addiction in a candid interview. Entertainment Weekly In 2012.
‘Turning into addiction is really scary,’ he said. ‘Some things have a scientific impact from A to B. For example, alcohol is a depressant. Cocaine is a stimulant. And then: Cocaine plus heroin is bad! That’s the point of my story, that’s the moral. Coke plus heroin equals speedball. Speedball also means bad, you know?
‘It’s weird talking about it,’ he said at the time. ‘I was absolutely dead, you know? A lot of people don’t come back. This makes me feel cautious and shy. I wouldn’t want to be proud of it. ‘People actually gathered around me and pulled me up by my boots.’
“She made my relapse public, more to come,” Lyonne told her 545.5 thousand followers who showered her with support; Filmed in December 2025
The actor descended into drug and alcohol addiction in the early to mid-2000s; Pictured at the Die Mommie Die premiere in New York City in 2003
Lyonne ended her X message on a positive note, writing: ‘No matter how far down we go, we’ll see how our experiences can help someone else’; Pictured at the Critics’ Choice Awards in Santa Monica on January 4
Natasha Lyonne looked even worse at the Golden Globes party with Patricia Arquetee, just weeks before her relapse post;
Lyonne partied with a host of stars on the night of January 11, including Colman Domingo and Evan Ross.
Lyonne was making headlines throughout the early to mid-2000s, but it wasn’t pretty: a DUI arrest, a court appearance with her neighbor, a hospitalization for hepatitis C, a collapsed lung and infective endocarditis, and later open-heart surgery to repair the damage.
In 2006, at the age of 27, he checked into a residential rehabilitation center for treatment of drug and alcohol addiction.
“I was finally able to get over those dark nights of my soul,” Lyonne said. Times In 2024.
Lyonne has seen a career resurgence in her 40s, and has recently shifted her focus from leading roles to directing, writing, and producing; for example, the boxing movie Bambo, set in the 1980s.
