Tatum O’Neal Reveals She ‘Overdosed’ & Had A Near-Fatal Stroke: ‘I Almost Died’

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Tatum O’Neal opened up astir going done a  terrible changeable aft a cause overdose successful May 2020 successful a caller interrogation with People, published connected Wednesday, July 5. The actress, 59, revealed that she “almost died,” but is present putting her absorption connected betterment and sobriety. Tatum admitted that it was a “miracle” that she survived. “I woke up successful a coma without immoderate words, without anything. I didn’t cognize wherever I was. I didn’t cognize what to think. I didn’t cognize what to do, and I had nary words astatine all. Nothing,” she told the magazine. “Nobody could fig retired what was going to spell on: if I was going to dice oregon if I was going to live.”

Her son Kevin McEnroe revealed that she underwent cardiac apprehension and a bid of seizures pursuing her overdose. Kevin said that his parent “had go precise isolated,” and it lone got worse during the COVID-19 pandemic. He revealed that helium and his siblings Sean and Emily feared their parent whitethorn not person been capable to talk oregon whitethorn person mislaid show oregon proceeding arsenic she recovered. Tatum revealed she’s inactive having occupation speechmaking and writing.

Tatum revealed she’s been committed to going to 12-step meetings since she overdosed successful 2020. (Mediapunch/Shutterstock)

Tatum said she’s “slowly but surely getting better,” and she tries to conscionable unrecorded successful the moment. “I conscionable instrumentality it a time astatine a time, and I effort not to spell to the past and effort not to spell excessively overmuch successful the aboriginal and conscionable effort to instrumentality it a time astatine a time, due to the fact that I person been done a batch successful my life,” she said.

Ultimately, the Oscar victor said she’s been precise committed to betterment and often attends 12-step meetings connected Zoom. “To beryllium sober is the portion astir going guardant and not back. I don’t privation to portion anymore, and I don’t privation to usage anymore. I’m doing overmuch amended astir that, and I’m doing truthful galore meetings,” she explained. “I’m wholly trying to get better.”

Tatum besides opened up about however she struggled with addiction for overmuch of her life, and she had been trying to get sober for her “whole life.” Her lad Kevin admitted that she’s done a large occupation successful “embracing” sobriety since her 2020 overdose.

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