Overview
- Jackson received the Shining Star Award at Friendly House’s 35th annual luncheon in Los Angeles on Oct. 11.
- She described early sobriety as feeling like “getting into a car accident,” saying everything she had pushed aside “moved forward on impact.”
- She told attendees, “I didn’t just get my life back. I got a better one,” adding that she is “learning to navigate life on life’s terms.”
- Jackson said most of her service work is one-on-one and kept private as part of her spiritual foundation, and she pledged to keep helping women in recovery.
- Friendly House is a women-focused rehabilitation program offering sober living, meetings and trauma-informed support, and Jackson previously marked five years clean and sober in a January post.