Bollywood actress/director Pooja Bhatt, who featured alongside Ajith in the 1996 romantic comedy film Kalloori Vaasal, has posted a celebratory note on four years of sobriety, calling it a searing journey.

Sharing that she is grateful towards life for giving her strength to overcome her alcohol addiction, Pooja Bhatt wrote, "Earlier it was pink champagne, malt & packed, city bars. Now it is pink skies & deserted, country roads. What an enriching, searing journey it has been. Gratitude to life & the divine force that has watched over me, kept me true, vulnerable, strong." The actress opened up about her battle with alcoholism recently and discussed in detail her journey towards sobriety. "Three yrs & nine months sober today," Pooja wrote in September. "One more quarter and I will be four. As someone who drank openly, I chose to recover openly. I truly felt it was important to share my journey to tell others, women especially, who might be struggling that they are not alone & if I could do it so could they."

The actress added, "Was ridiculed by some but lauded for being courageous by most. I wondered why people termed speaking openly about addiction issues courageous. And also why there is an ‘anonymous’ attached to groups that help you recover. I understand more than ever today that it’s because people simplify/stigmatise addictive behaviour & tend to criminalise it without attempting to understand why someone used a substance to begin with." Pooja Bhatt recently featured in her father Mahesh Bhatt's directional, Sadak 2, which also starred Alia Bhatt, Sanjay Dutt, and Aditya Roy Kapur.