Jason Isaacs is marking a major milestone in his sobriety journey.
On Sunday (October 5), the 62-year-old Harry Potter and The White Lotus actor took to Instagram to celebrate 27 years of sobriety from drugs and alcohol.
In the post, Jason candidly reflected on the first time he was sober for an entire day back in 1998.
Keep reading to find out more…“Twenty-seven years ago today, the sun rose on the first 24 hours I’d had clean of drugs or alcohol in my entire adult life,” Jason began. “I didn’t wake up that way because I didn’t wake up. I hadn’t gone to bed to keep away from temptation and to avoid tearing up my floorboards (again) or searching every item of clothing (again)—both surprisingly fruitful over the previous days.”
“I’d spent the entire night naked in a high street sauna with a procession of bemused cab drivers,” he continued. “I had no idea how long it would last, but that morning, as I emerged blinging, pink and massively over-cooled, I felt something I hadn’t felt for decades. Hope. I’d got through one night.”
Jason wrote, “I had no idea how long it would last but that morning, as I emerged blinking, pink and massively over-cooked, I felt something I hadn’t felt for decades. Hope. I’d got through one night. Who knew what was possible? One step at a time, one day at a time, sometimes one hour, one deep breath or even one inhumanly large bar of chocolate at a time, it’s now 27 years.”
Jason then went on to share a message of hope with anyone that may be struggling.
“Why am I telling you? Because whilst I’ve given up using social media platforms to try to fight the worst excesses of human and political behaviour, though most of what I see magnified on here is hatred posing as purpose, prejudice disguised as virtue and, most importantly, the total absence of nuance that comes from mob-think, it’s just possible that you might be reading this and be unable to imagine, as I was, a different life for yourself,” the Emmy-nominated actor wrote.
“So I’m writing to say that it’s possible,” Jason continued. “If you ask for help. You don’t have to do it the way I did, but however far gone you think you are, however irreversible you think your situation is, there’s always a way back. A way forward. A way back to the surface. Always. Just take the first baby step and surrender.”
Jason concluded his message by thanking everyone who has supported him throughout his sober journey.
“Thank you to everyone who helped and continues to help me try and stay sane in an insane world. Often just by laughing at me,” Jason wrote. “It’s not false modesty or humility to say that I couldn’t have done it without you – I tried doing it by myself for years and failed every single time.”
“I’m so grateful to be present in life, even for the awful things, the painful things, the scary things,” he concluded. “I ran from them before and now, sometimes, not always, I run at them. I show up,” he concluded. “Good luck. You can do it. X.”
Over the summer, Jason revealed how much money he and his The White Lotus season three cast mates made per episode.
Source: justjared.com