Jessica Landon American model and addiction specialist Date of Birth: . Country: USA

1. From Playboy Model to Recovery Advocate
2. A Tumultuous Past
3. Near-Death Experience
4. Sobriety and Healing
5. The Root of Addiction
6. Filling a Void
7. Childhood Trauma
8. Rock Bottom
9. The Call for Help
10. Gratitude and Support
11. Helping Others
12. Advocacy against Alcoholism

From Playboy Model to Recovery Advocate

Jessica Landon, a 37-year-old American model and addiction recovery advocate, once "drank vodka 24 hours a day," leaving her with urine so acidic it ate away at her skin. For the past five years, Lando has been sober.

A Tumultuous Past

Originally from Rancho Cucamonga, California, Jessica Landon once partied with Hugh Hefner at his mansion. However, a few years later, she made headlines for a different reason. Her vital organs began failing after she spent a month lying in her own filth, drinking excessively. Lando's addiction to alcohol began in her early 20s. By the age of 26, she was "drinking vodka around the clock."

Near-Death Experience

Jessica's addiction spiraled out of control. She fell one day and suffered a baseball-sized brain hemorrhage. Months later, after another bender, she spent a month lying in her own excrement. Her organs failed; the acid in her urine ate away at her skin. Landon attributes her addiction to being molested by a babysitter when she was just five years old.

Sobriety and Healing

On January 3, 2014, Jessica became sober. Since then, she has shared her extraordinary story to inspire others who have hit rock bottom. "I hid my alcoholism from the beginning, even sometimes literally hiding in the closet and drinking," she says. "I rarely drank in public or social situations, but I would be hiding it then too."

The Root of Addiction

Jessica says she sought alcohol as a "magical cure" for the anxiety, panic, and shame that consumed her. She moved from Rancho Cucamonga to Los Angeles at 19 to pursue her childhood dream of modeling. She went on to model for Playboy and Perfect 10 magazines and worked on projects for Nickelodeon, NBC, and Comedy Central.

Filling a Void

However, Jessica's dream career could not fill the gaping emptiness that continued to haunt her. "Looking back now, I see that I was trying to fill a hole with things like alcohol, love, and food," she says.

Childhood Trauma

As a young child, Jessica was molested by a babysitter, an experience that left her feeling guilty and ashamed. Like many child victims, Landon believed she had done something wrong, leading to self-destructive behaviors and her teenage struggle with alcohol abuse.

Rock Bottom

"By 26, I was drinking 24/7. I would pass out at night, wake up in a panic, shaking so bad I had to keep a liter of vodka on my bedside table to take big gulps just to quiet the shakes," she says. "If I slept more than an hour, I would go into withdrawal. I was vomiting blood regularly. My life was a living hell."

The Call for Help

Landon continues, "I was literally drinking myself to death on my bathroom floor. I couldn't get up to go to the bathroom. I was so weak. My muscles had atrophied to the point where I was defecating and urinating on myself for over a month." The uric acid in her urine burned holes in her thighs and tailbone, causing a staph infection. Jessica knew she was killing herself and finally reached a point of desperation where she allowed herself to ask for help.

Gratitude and Support

She reached out to an ex-boyfriend who, by the grace of God, she says, showed up the next morning with paramedics. Jessica also credits her family and friends for their unwavering support. Today, she helps others in recovery and is launching her own website, humanisonfire.com.

Helping Others

"Helping others is the most fulfilling thing," she says. "It gives you a sense of purpose, which I think is good for the soul. And I think that sharing your story and connecting with others is part of your healing journey."

Advocacy against Alcoholism

"When you're broken, when you're raw - you are God's gift, because the world needs open people," she says. Alcohol is pervasive and kills more people than all other drugs combined. Landon believes it is a sociocultural malignancy. "We need to ban or at least put restrictions on how alcohol is marketed and glamorized," the Playboy model urges.