Lena Dunham loved her stint in rehab in 2018 because it was a much-needed break from her five-year run on “Girls.”
“I really did [love it] “Because I haven’t slowed down in a long time,” the actress said I entered the program of her addiction to prescription pills after a hysterectomy, she exclusively told The Post while promoting her latest book, “Famesick.”
“It didn’t even take me several days to recover from surgery, let alone several days to recover [from] “What was happening emotionally,” she added, referring to the fast pace of writing and starring in the HBO series, which ran from 2012 to 2017.
This included her rush to return to set after undergoing numerous health problems, surgeries, and deaths in her family.
The “Tiny Furniture” star explained that being at the rehab facility located in the Berkshires was special.
“Having that kind of prolonged quiet in that space was magical, and then you also meet other people who you connect with who you have things in common with and who understand you in a way that maybe even the people in your life don’t.”
Dunham entered rehab due to her addiction to Klonopin, an anti-anxiety medication prescribed by her doctor.
She pointed out that her addiction is “America’s story, the story of excessive prescriptions and warnings,” before she was keen to take responsibility for her actions.
“This doesn’t mean you don’t play a role in your addiction. There are a lot of people who are prescribed necessary opioids but never become dependent on them, but there are also a lot of people who do,” she said.
In 2023, she Celebrate five years of sobrietyHe described them as “my happiest time on earth.”
Dunham also wrote in the book about her time on Girls, including interactions with star Adam Driver, with whom she was speaking. He says he was “amazingly rude” On set, she claims he once threw a chair against the wall next to her and yelled at her.
I also opened up about it His relationship with musician Jack Antanov, 42 years oldWho she dated from 2012 to 2017.