Watch: Jessica Simpson Details Struggle With Alcohol on 8-Year Sobriety AnniversaryJaimie Alexander is sharing her perspective. The Blindspot alum recently reflected on her past struggles with alcohol, sharing she had to be rushed into emergency surgery after her appendix ruptured and led to sepsis in 2018. After the procedure, Jaimie made the decision to live a sober life. "When I woke from surgery, I felt cold-and happy," the 41-year-old wrote in a Substack post published on Nov. 16. "It felt as though the infection had been completely removed from my body." "The doctors told me it was going to be touch-and-go, and that I could be in the hospital for weeks or even months," she added. "But I knew I'd be out in just a few days." As Jaimie noted, a boyfriend-who had been sober-asked her if she wanted to attend a 12-step meeting with him. From that moment, the Kyle XY alum changed her perspective about her near-death experience.readJessica Simpson Recalls "Self-Sabotaging" Struggle With Alcohol While Marking 8 Years of Sobriety"Looking back, what I thought was bad and the worst thing to ever happen to me," she wrote, "ended up being good and the best thing that ever happened to me. I was given a second chance by something greater than myself, and I chose to take it." She added, "It took almost dying for me to wake up and start living."Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC ImagesFor Jaimie, the opportunity to live and make it through her surgery offered her another chance to start anew. "I do believe something is keeping me here," she said. "Something gave me a second chance. I don't know what it is that I have left to do, but I'm willing and ready to find out. Come what may."Indeed, Jaimie offered a bit of optimism for anyone who is also dealing with addiction, as she doesn't want people to go through their journeys alone. "If you're in a rough place in your life-whether it be in the throes of addiction, a difficult situation, financial turmoil, heartbreak," Jaimie wrote. "Or simply overwhelmed by the current state of the world-I implore you to dig deep within yourself, because that is where you will find the courage you were born with. We all have it. We find it in moments of grace. And with that courage, I urge you to ask for help."For more stars who have talked about their sobriety journeys, keep reading...
Lisa/AFF-USA/ShutterstockAJ McLeanAfter the Backstreet Boys member relapsed in 2021, he noted he "got sober again for the last time." "I'm sticking this one out all the way," he told People in July 2025. "It's a daily thing. But I have finally done what has been suggested amongst the sober community, and my life has flipped in a positive way." While AJ acknowledged he is "still learning, still growing," he's now confident in who he is. "I've discovered new verbiage, such as boundaries, never really had those," he continued. "Now I have those, which is a blessing. AJ is a member of a group. He is a persona, but he doesn't define me as an individual. Alexander James is who I am."Stephen Lovekin/ShutterstockJason BiggsIn October 2018, the American Pie star announced he was one year sober in a celebratory and encouraging Instagram post. "I first tried to get sober over 5 years ago, when the weight of my obsession with booze and drugs became too heavy for me to handle," he wrote at the time. "Turns out this s--t is hard." He continued, "After some fits and starts, I've managed to put together one year of sobriety. I'm as proud of it as anything in my life. If you're struggling, know there's help. Don't be ashamed. We can do this." Years later, he reflected on his journey with addiction and the lengths he went to hide the his struggle. "I'm going to therapy and 'working on things' but meanwhile I'm leaving therapy, having just had a good session, and I'm going to the liquor store and buying a fifth of vodka, drinking it and then driving home," he said on a March 2024 episode of his wife Jenny Mollen's All the Fails podcast. "I knew how to get wasted enough to where I took myself out of the life equation, took myself out of the present, didn't have to connect in a way that made me feel things." He added, "I had it figured out to a T. To not get too drunk where I couldn't have a conversation with you. I was replacing those bottles in the bar all the time." Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty ImagesAshlyn HarrisThe two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champ has been open about her misuse of Adderall while battling injuries during her college soccer career. "I was getting really heavily addicted to Adderall and misusing it," she said on a 2025 episode of the Question Everything with Danielle Robay podcast. "I was taking it all the time. I would go days without sleeping. It was wild. I felt like I was gonna give myself a heart attack. I was crushing it. I was snorting it. It was so problematic." However, in the midst of her struggle, her college coach Anson Dorrance was there to support her. "It got really, really dark and I had to make some s