Kristen Johnston paid tribute to her sister Julie after she lost her battle with addiction Monday.
Johnston shared a snap of the pair on Twitter, saying: “She had the best belly laugh in the world.”
Yesterday my beautiful younger sister Julie lost her battle with addiction. 💔
I know she’s finally at peace. She had the best belly laugh in the world. pic.twitter.com/tZZYlXbZfF— kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) August 18, 2020
Thank you everyone for your outpouring of love & support. It means a lot to me. 💋
— kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) August 18, 2020
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The actress, who has also been diagnosed with lupus myelitis, a rare form of lupus that affects the spinal cord, has been open about her own past drug and alcohol addictions, writing about her struggles in her 2012 memoir Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster.
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Johnston told Entertainment Weekly at the time, “The most important thing I want to express to people is that I’m not cured. I could probably relapse in a minute. Who knows?
“It’s just a weird disease that sneaks up on you and all of a sudden you’re boozing at the bar, or whatever. And it doesn’t have to be because of you or pressure or this or that. It just can be.”
She added: “The most important thing is that I didn’t want to set myself up for failure and be like, ‘Look at me!’ I wanted to write the book that I needed when I was suffering.”
