Drew Barrymores Shocking Mile-High Confession!

Since she doesn't have a 'time machine' or way to 'change' her history, the mom-of-two said she chooses to 'look at it through a positive lens.'

'After two kids and a separation from their father that has made me cautious, I have had the pleasure of shifting my focus when it comes to love for myself and my two daughters,' Barrymore continued. 'I know that does not include a man nor has it for a while.'

She then credited her therapist for telling her: 'Sex is not love! It is the expression of love.'

'I have searched my whole life to have words like that to help me understand the difference and now, thanks to him, I do,' the star noted. 'And since entering life as a single mom, I have not been able to have an intimate relationship.'

While she said she might 'get into a relationship' in the near future, she insisted it 'simply hasn’t been' her priority.

'I’m not a person who needs sex and has to go out there and engage with people on that level,' Barrymore stated. 'I am someone who is deeply committed to fostering how young girls, my daughters, and myself as a woman, are supposed to function in this world!'

Additionally, she confessed that a 'relationship with a man has not been top of mind for me for a very long time.'

'Some people can get out of a marriage or relationship and in the near future find themselves in another relationship. There is nothing wrong with that! Not one bit. I do not judge! I celebrate their journey!' she said.

For her, however, she said she 'needed to stay very celibate' as she mourned 'the loss of a nuclear family' that she 'swore' that she would have for her daughters.

She went on to conclude that she wishes when she was younger that she 'had the chastity and the thoughtfulness' about intimacy that she has a 48-year-old woman.