Jason Isaacs marks 27 years of sobriety
Jason Isaacs has shared a message of hope to his Instagram followers as he reflected on being sober for the past 27 years.
Jason Isaacs has reflected on 27 years of sobriety.
The 62-year-old actor made a rare foray onto Instagram to mark the milestone on Sunday (05.10.25) as he issued an optimistic message to his followers.
In a lengthy post on the social media platform, Jason wrote: "27 years ago the sun rose on the first 24 hours I'd had clean of drugs or alcohol in my entire adult life. I didn't wake up that way because I didn't wake up. I hadn't been to bed.
"To keep away from temptation and to avoid tearing up my floorboards (again), or searching every item of clothing (again) - both surprisingly fruitful over the previous days - I'd spent the entire night naked in a high street sauna with a procession of bemused cab drivers.
"I had no idea how long it would last but that morning, as I emerged blinking, pink and massively over-cooked, I felt something I hadn't felt for decades. Hope."
The Harry Potter star continued: "I'd got through one night. Who knew what was possible?
"One step at a time, one day at a time, sometimes one hour, one deep breath, or even one inhumanely large bar of chocolate at a time, it's now 27 years."
Jason explained that he was informing his followers of the milestone to show them that "there's always a way back".
The White Lotus actor wrote: "Why am I telling you?
"Because whilst I've given up using social media platforms to try to fight the worst excesses of human and political behaviour, though most of what I see magnified on here is hatred posing as purpose, prejudice disguised as virtue and, most importantly, the total absence of nuance that comes from mob-think, it's just possible that you might be reading this and be unable to ignore, as I was, a different life for yourself."
Isaacs added: "So I'm writing to say that it's possible.
"If you ask for help. You don't have to do it the way I did, but however far gone you think you are, however irreversible you think your situation is, there's always a way back. A way forward. A way back to the surface. Always. Just take the first baby step and surrender."
Jason finished his post by thanking those who have supported him in his sobriety journey.
He said: "Thank you to everyone who helped and continues to help me try and stay sane in an insane world. Often just by laughing at me.
"It's not false modesty or humility to say that I couldn't have done it without you - I tried doing it by myself for years and failed every single time.
"I'm so grateful to be present in life, even for the awful things, the painful things, the scary things. I ran from them before and now, sometimes, not always, I run at them. I show up.
"Good luck. You can do it. X."
