Drew Barrymore is opening up about her struggles with alcoholism.
The actress, who ended her marriage to husband Will Koppelman in 2016, tells PEOPLE that she has increased her drinking habit.
“It brought me down,” she said, adding that drinking helped “soothe the pain” of her split.
“It was just … trying to feel good – and alcohol did that for me completely”
“For me the drinking thing was constant, like, ‘You can’t change. You’re weak and unable to do what’s best for you. You keep thinking you’ll master this thing, and It’s getting better for you,’” he continued
Drew then credited daughters Olive, 10, and Frankie, 8, with helping him find peace.