Sunaina Roshan, sister of actor Hrithik Roshan, has previously spoken about her struggles with alcoholism. In a recent interview, Sunaina recalled her “horrific” experience at the rehabilitation center where she spent 28 days. Sunaina said that she knew that she had to get herself better after she couldn’t remember what she had done the night before.
Calling that experience a “nightmare”, Sunaina told Showsha, “I don’t know what a normal rehab looks like, but this was a 28-day course where they used to grill you and grill you. We had no other option but just to sit. At the rehab, someone was telling me that something was wrong with my family back then so I couldn’t even concentrate on what they were counselling me about. It was one of the toughest things I have done, to go to a rehab.” Sunaina recalled the intensely regimented routine: waking up at 5:30 AM, breakfast by 6, followed by meditation and rigorous counselling sessions. She was denied cell phones and wasn’t allowed to consume any sugar, chocolate or caffeine.
Sunaina said that she was angry at herself during this phase and even though her parents tried their best to help her, she knew that nothing would work until she went to a rehab. “There was anger within me for myself that I have to get rid of this habit. All that they did for me – putting up bodyguards, taking away my money, cash. And then one fine day, I just sat my parents down. I didn’t like myself in that phase at all. I sat them down and told them ‘find me a good rehab’. I want to go, I want to get treated,” she said,
When asked how she came to this decision for herself, Sunaina recalled, “There were days when I’d forget what I did the previous night and that was scary. In the night after drinking my alcohol, when I used to sleep, I used to get up in the morning and I was a blank page. And that’s when I decided I have to go as soon as possible and get myself treated.”
Sunaina said that she “hated the sight of me” and “didn’t like myself” during this phase but, her resilience pushed her to get better. “I have always been a fighter, always been the strongest person so that’s what made me take the decision that I have to go and come out of it,” she said and added that one’s real test begins once they are out of the rehab center. Sunaina described this as one of the toughest things she has ever done.
