Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt took to Twitter to share that she has completed four years of being sober on Wednesday. She said she is grateful to life and the divine force that has watched over her.
In a tweet attached with a picture of pink sky, she wrote, “Four years sober today! Earlier it was pink champagne, malt & packed, city bars. Now it is pink skies & deserted country roads. What an enriching, searing journey it has been. Gratitude to life & the divine force that has watched over me kept me true, vulnerable, strong. #sobrietyrocks”
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Bhatt in the past had been vocal about her addiction and how she finally resorted to abstinence in December 2016. In an interview, Bhatt had said, “I was 45 and if I wanted to give myself 10 years of living, I had to quit now before I drank myself to the grave.” She added that she had to reclaim her sharper, brighter self which had got watered down by alcohol.
She also talked about how women don’t seek help in a matter like such because of the stigma. While openly speaking about her addiction, she had said that she wants to bust the stigma attached to alcoholism in India. “Women particularly are discouraged from seeking help because it's a matter of shame for the family.”
“We don't share our pain or frailties, we cover our weaknesses and it becomes cancer,” she added.
Talking about why some people get addicted to alcohol she had called it a socially accepted narcotic at business lunches and boardrooms. It is also caused by the high-stress profession in fast-paced city life where it becomes a reason to celebrate and cope.
Pooja Bhatt is a national award winner for her film Tamanna in 1997. She started her acting career with Mahesh Bhatt’s Daddy and since became part of many popular movies in the 90s. Recently, she made a special appearance in Mahesh Bhatt’s Sadak 2. She has also many films such as Cabaret, Sur, Kajraare and Jism 2. Her upcoming project is a Netflix series directed by Alankrita Shrivastava.
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