Drew Barrymore rose to fame as a child starafter appearing inE.T.

Pivoting from film, she starred in the Netflix seriesSanta Clarita Dietand now hostsThe Drew Barrymore Show.

Drew Barrymore knows that ‘structure’ saved her

In an interview with Howard Stern (viaE!

Drew Barrymore smiling

), Barrymore said she was in Van Nuys Psychiatric for 18 months.

While it seems extreme, the star said it was what she needed.

“I asked myself, like, why is this happening.

A young Drew Barrymore posing and smiling

I really had a fear that I was going to die at 25.

I never went all the way into darkness.”

This is my chance to get it right."