Renowned actor Jason Isaacs is celebrating this week for reasons unrelated to awards, accolades, and acting roles. According to an Instagram post, the 62-year-old hit his 27-year sobriety milestone on Oct. 5. The White Lotus star, who hails from Liverpool, England, also got candid about his history with substances until getting clean and sober at age 35. “27 years ago today, the sun rose on the first 24 hours I’d had clean of drugs and alcohol in my entire adult life,” he wrote. “I didn’t wake up [sober] because I didn’t wake up. I hadn’t been to bed.” That morning, Isaacs recalls, he felt hope for the first time in years: “I’d got through one night. Who knew what was possible?” From there on, Isaacs approached sobriety “one step at a time.” The actor, who famously portrayed the sinister Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter film adaptations, offered heartfelt words of encouragement to others who may be struggling with drug and alcohol abuse, writing that a sober life is possible ”if you ask for help.”
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