This article discusses topics like drug addiction, disordered eating, allegations of sexual assault, and allegations of child sexual abuse.
This week, Lena Dunham’s personal memoir “Famesick” finally hit shelves — and it’s full of bombshell revelations.
Noting that the book would chronicle the decade in which her life “changed profoundly and permanently,” Dunham, 39, previously told fans that she began writing “Famesick” when she’d been out of rehab for 30 days. (She entered after developing an addiction to benzodiazepines, an anti-anxiety medication that she’d been prescribed.)
She wrote on Instagram last September, “When we finally set a publication date for Famesick, I felt something like grief. One of my steadiest companions was leaving. But it’s time. And I’m so excited to be able to tell you, in the best way I know how, about: years of impossible magic and years I thought I wouldn’t survive; illness and addiction and heartbreak; the lessons I no longer feel ashamed of having had to learn.”
As anticipated, Dunham’s book is incredibly raw and candid, detailing everything from her health struggles to her turbulent relationships with various celebrity peers. Here is a roundup of the biggest takeaways from “Famesick”:
