Julianne Hough recalls being trapped in an 'addiction loop'
Julianne Hough has opened up about her struggles, admitting that she was once caught in an "addiction loop".
Julianne Hough once found herself trapped in an "addiction loop".
The 36-year-old star has battled various addictions in her life, but she really became aware of the issue when she moved into the movie business.
Julianne - who had her first major film role in 2010's 'Burlesque' - told the 'Armchair Expert' podcast: "When I started the movies - I ended up figuring this out a few years ago. But my addictive loop, Nicorette gum was part of it, alcohol was part of it, diet pills was a part of it and online shopping. The loop.
"It would be like a long period of time, and then it got shorter and shorter and shorter over like a span of 12 years."
Julianne ultimately felt the "biggest sense of relief, not shame" when the reality dawned on her.
The blonde beauty explained: "It was like, ‘Oh my God. Thank God I figured this out because that had so much control over me.’ I got it in a way where it was more binging vs. nonstop so I could hide that so easily and justify it."
The actress actually had her first drink as a child.
She recalled: "My first drink was at 11. It was Baileys Irish Cream."
However, Julianne really began to drink heavily, and often, at the start of her music career.
The singer shared: "When I started doing country music, everybody drinks on tour, so then I would drink a little bit.
"The reason I fell off the stage at that [2008] show, we were in Napa and we had done a wine tour that day. Then, like always, we would do a shot before we go on, and it just mixed wrong."
