Drew Barrymore Reveals How Watching 'Blink Twice' Helped Her Forgive Herself for Being a Blackout Drinker

Drew Barrymore is opening up about how she was affected by the movie Blink Twice.

The movie, written and directed by Zoe Kravitz in her directorial debut, followed two women who traveled to a private island with a billionaire, only to discover that not everything is as it seems. There is graphic sexual violence included in the film.

While chatting with Zoe on her talk show, Drew revealed that the movie helped her forgive herself for being a blackout drinker in the past.

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“When I was watching the film something that really affected me personally, there’s a lot about substances in the film. I was shocked to realize that part of my journey that I was looking to find, the trauma inside of me and what is it about, a big part of it was I used to be a blackout drinker,” Drew said. “So watching this film was an extraordinary journey for me to forgive myself because I’ve put myself in situations I shouldn’t have put myself in. And I felt so much shame about that and I haven’t had a drink in five years. It is not only a film about the things that can happen to us but it made me think about the things we’ve done to ourselves.”

Pictured inside: Drew looking dapper in a suit alongside Nate Burleson at the Paley Museum’s celebration of her talk show on Monday (September 9) in New York City.