Hayden Panettiere Gets Honest About Her Alcohol Addiction And Sleep Deprivation

It definitely hasn’t been easy being Hayden Panettiere these last several years. While the former Guiding Light star has sure been very honest about some of her biggest struggles, she has also been making plenty of headlines for one reason or another. Well, Hayden says that she’s thankfully managed to turn her life around for the better. Here’s what she has to say.

Hayden Panettiere – Gets Honest About Her Alcohol Addiction And Sleep Deprivation

Speaking to Women’s Health magazine, Hayden admitted that she did struggle with alcohol for many long years. The actress said that one of the reasons why she started drinking was because she was tired of the control that other people had over her and her life.

In fact, she said that she was often told how to live by others from the moment that she started working in the industry. Hayden put it this way, “I wanted certain decisions to be my own, and nobody could stop me. What I put in my body was like an act of defiance.”

Hayden also admitted that she drank a lot to deal with her postpartum depression after she gave birth to her daughter Kaya in 2014. “I should have gone on antidepressants [to cope with the postpartum depression], but you have to find the right one that works for you,” she says. “They don’t mix well with alcohol, and I wasn’t ready to stop drinking.”

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The blonde beauty also said that she had often suffered from sleep deprivation. It wasn’t until she sought treatment in 2021 that she started getting more sleep regularly. That, and she also enrolled in a 12-step program and had trauma therapy, too. She said, “My body was like, ‘enough.’ I hit 30.

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My face was swollen. I had jaundice. My eyes were yellow. I had to go to a liver specialist. I was holding on to weight that wasn’t normally there. My hair was thin and coming out in clumps.”

It sounds like Hayden definitely has control over her life again. Tell us celebrity gossip fans, how do you feel about this story? Contribute to the buzz by dropping us a line with your thoughts in our comments section below. Also, come back here for all the latest news about your favorite Hollywood and reality television stars right here.

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