MUMBAI: Pooja Bhatt is a well-known actress and filmmaker.
The lady, who has carved a niche for herself in showbiz, is celebrating as she has almost reached the five-year mark of her sobriety. She has admitted to struggling with alcoholism in the past and has been open about her recovery as well.
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Taking to her Instagram handle, she has shared a post wherein she recalled a time when she ‘chased’ love and said that a few years ago, she found the ‘love of (her) life’ - sobriety. “I can’t remember a time when I’ve not been in love. With people, yes...but more so with the very idea of love. I looked for love everywhere I went. Chased it down unfamiliar avenues in the dead of the night & even across countries, borders, continents,” she wrote.
Pooja Bhatt added, “Have a lot of myself to attribute to the ones who loved me back & especially the ones that didn’t. I can’t blame anyone for failing me because the truth is I more often than not, failed myself. And then one day the universe introduced me to the love of my life - Sobriety. And the need for validation from any other source ebbed. A demanding yet fulfilling lover, Sobriety breaks down your defences, bares & reveals your soul, calls out any and all bulls**t, yet clasps your hand tight & ensures you make it through many uncertain nights, filling your dawn with such unimaginable light when you do the most revolutionary thing - say NO to yourself.”
The actress called her relationship with sobriety a ‘deeply gratifying’ one. She said that it helped her overcome ‘vicious storms’, cope with loss and kept her grounded ‘through a supposed revival of fortune and fame’. She wrote, “There is no room for a third in my life at this point. My priority for the first time ever, is myself. My emotional health comes first. Sobriety, recovery gets first priority. And because recovery, like love, is selfish no matter what people say, my choice is clear- it is SINGLE BLESSEDNESS all the way!”
On the work front, last year, Pooja made her acting comeback after more than a decade with Sadak 2, and this year, she was seen in the Netflix series Bombay Begums.
Keep reading this space for more updates.
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CREDIT: HINDUSTAN TIMES
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