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His career includes performances inRemember Titans,,Hero, andNashville, but during his years asyoung actor,,Hayden Panettiere was not entirely in all her interviews and appearances. In a new cover story forPeople,,Panettiere opened up About his difficulties with dependence on opiates and alcohol and explained that his experience with drugs dates back to his adolescence. The actor said that, from the age of 15, one of the adults of his team would give him "happy pills" before the appearances of the red carpet so that it is more energetic during the interviews. Now Panettiere is able to connect this experience to its problems with dependence on adulthood.

Read the rest to see what the now 32 -year -old star had to say and to know how she is going today.

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Panettiere made his debut as a children's actor on the soap operaA life to live, then went to another soap,Guiding light, while also playing cinema roles. When the vintage sports filmRemember Titans, in which she plays the daughter of a high school football coach, was released, she was only 11 years old.

In a video interview withPeople, Panettiere said to be a little star, "being a child actor is ... it's horrible. I would never like it on my worst enemy. It's a lot of people who want things that you form, who need things. "

As an example of the horrors of the celebrity of children, Panettiere explained: "I had someone with whom I was supposed to work, I worked, who represented me, and she introduced me at 15 years old to the "happy pill". And I had absolutely no idea at that time what were really drugs or what was dependence, and it gave me this happy pill before going down the red carpet so that I am energetic in The interviews. "She added:" I did not know what door that would open me with regard to dependence. "

In another recent interview with ABC News, Panettiere said she was now thinking that "happy pills" were "A form of addrall, "A drug that is used to treat ADHD.

"I did not know what they were [at the time], but I knew that when I was given one and that I was sent a red carpet, I was animated and completely depressed to answer questions And a chatter, "she said.

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In herPeople Interview, Panettiere said it was not only the "happy pills" that were free to him.

"Probably when I was 13, I think there have been several games that I went, which was served as alcohol without problem," she said. "I did not even ask for it, it was just offered. And the people with whom I was - who was again supposed to protect me - hammered and drunk."

Panettiere began to feel taken between two worlds: the entertainment company and life with its non -famous friends, who did not find themselves in nightclubs surrounded by adults.

Finally, she started self-mediation with alcohol. "I think it was just my social anxiety that really led me, and I saw other people around me who self-mediatized through things like that with alcohol", she said. "And so you try it and it works, you think it works, then it becomes uncontrollable and out of control, but it is a habit that has formed for me. As you get older, it has become something that I could hardly live without. "

Panettiere welcomed a girl,Kaya, with his now-Ex, boxerWladimir Klitschko, in 2014, and suffered from postpartum depression, which she also tried to deal with self-mediation.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"I did not know where my dependence started and the postpartum started," she saidPeople. “I didn't know where we started and we ended. I just got there. I never even thought of going to a doctor, I never thought of obtaining antidepressants ... It was me and the bottle. It was alcohol and it was opiates - it became opiates. ""

Panettiere began treatment for dependenceand postpartum depression During the time she was stillNashville, which took place until 2018.

"I started treatment," said the star toPeople. "I finally made this call and I said that I needed help ... finally I realized that what was at the heart of this unresolved trauma." She added: "I remember sitting there at the treatment center and going, I feel happy for the first time. And I have the opportunity to choose to laugh today, to choose to Smile today, to choose to have fun today. And it's slowly I am better and better. "

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In her interview with ABC News, Panettiere shared that she was delighted to go back to work.Nashville, in which she played a country singer, was her last project.

"I have been struggling for a long time and I just needed a break. Four years ended up being time, and I absolutely did not expect it to be so long," She declared.

It has been announced that Panettiere will play in the next horror filmCris 6, resuming his role as Kirby Reed of 2011Cris 4.

"I go back to work and it's so good for the soul," she said. "I just want to keep this ball. I have a whole new team of people around me who are incredible people, who really believe in me and they helped me regain self -confidence." She also said that her recovery was going well.

"I'm fine. It's an everyday battle, it's really the case. I'm grateful to say that I'm sober today," said the former star child.