Whitney struggled with alcoholism for many years after Trek, along with several other issues, including drifting towards becoming a prostitute (stories vary on that count).
Fortunately for her, she was able to seek help and regain her sobriety in the 1970s. She often pointed to an embrace of faith and, in her words, “giving herself over to God” as the keys to her success. At any rate, she was able to reclaim her life, and re-emerged with roles in the TOS Trek films and a couple guest appearances in several of the later tv series’.
RIP, Ms. Whitney.
She claims she was sexually abused (raped) and I’m glad to read what you posted about her sobriety and God.
There’s a woman out there who writes about recovery from addiction-codependency named Melody Beattie and I remember reading one of her books saying something to the effect that sexual abuse qualifies one to attend sex addiction meetings.
There was a lot of insanity going on 50 years ago when the “sexual revolution” hit and now we read stories about celebrities in the UK (Jimmy Saville and others) and Bill Cosby in the US doing crazy things back then.
I messed with booze and inhalants myself in the early 70’s and God helps me to say sober one day at a time.