Many personalities from cinema and music today choose to open up about their former addictions, in order to tell their stories and contribute to raising awareness, particularly among younger people. Through interviews and podcasts, they look back on periods that are sometimes difficult, marked by addiction to alcohol or other substancesbut also by a long road of reconstruction. In this approach, Paris Jackson is one of those who agreed to talk about their personal story and the consequences of their former addictions in a testimony where she insists on the loss of control experienced at that time.
“When I drink, my moral sense disappears“, reconnaît Paris Jackson
Podcast guests Trying Not to Diehosted by Jack Osbourne, Michael Jackson’s daughter candidly detailed the effects of alcohol on her. She explains in particular: “When I drink, my moral sense disappears and I become a very vindictive person.“She also returns to the values transmitted during her education:”I was raised to be caring not nice, I don’t really care about being nice but caring.” She clarifies this notion by describing simple everyday gestures: “Being kind, looking people in the eye and asking the waiter their name so you can write it on the receipt later, these are just the little things that show how we treat people.”
She also emphasizes the contrast experienced under the influence of alcohol, explaining: “No matter how much I told myself that I was a liar, a cheat, a shit, a thief, whatever, I still had a moral compass, I was raised like that. But when I drink, it all disappears. It flies out the window and I become a very vindictive person.”
Paris Jackson says she had “truly deplorable behavior”
Now aged 28, Paris Jackson looks back on a journey marked by addictions and a long period of fragility. She explains that she was confronted with these difficulties at a very young age, with a first detoxification treatment at 17in a context of deep unease and loss of bearings. She recalls years during which she describes herself “his truly deplorable behavior“, marked by the consumption of alcohol and hard drugs. Looking back, she recognizes having gone through a period where she judged herself very harshly for a long time. Today, she claims to have found stability after several years of reconstruction and recently celebrated six years of sobriety.
