Jada Pinkett-Smith Talks about Previous Struggles with Addiction

Jada Pinkett-Smith opned up about her previous struggles with addiction as part of her birthday celebration, according to TV Guide.

The 42-year-old actress revealed that she had struggled with addiction in the past."What I learned about myself is this, when I was younger I was not a good problem solver, meaning I had a very difficult time with dealing with my problems in life," she wrote on her Facebook page. 

"I had many addictions, of several kinds, to deal with my life issues, but today, at 42, I have my wisdom, my heart and my conscience as the only tools to overcome life's inevitable obstacles." Pinkett-Smith, who celebrated her birthday on Sept. 18, did not detail the nature of her addictions, but stressed that was part of her past.

"I have become a good problem solver with those tools, and I am damn proud," she continued. "Thank you for all the love that was given to me for my birthday this year. What I hope is that we all continue to gain healthy understanding that life is really about, solving problems, and also about us learning to become masters at solving them."

The post comes two days after Pinkett-Smith posted an equally revealing Facebook message about her stance on divorce, which she said was for "a dear friend" who had sought her advice. "For the past five years, I have been meeting with elders who have been married for 25+ years to get understanding from many perspectives as to what marriage and love is all about," she wrote. "Almost all the couples have said that at some point in their marriage they have stumbled upon inevitably difficult moments that called for a break."