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Topics: Chrissy Teigen, Celebrity, Alcohol, Mental Health, Food and Drink
Rhiannon Ingle
Topics: Chrissy Teigen, Celebrity, Alcohol, Mental Health, Food and Drink
Chrissy Teigen has opened up about the reason she’s sober again following an alcohol relapse.
The 40-year-old TV personality quit alcohol back in 2021 but, late last year, she candidly revealed that she had 'let it back' into her life again.
Chrissy explained that she decided to commit to sobriety once again when she was 'in talks' to join Star Search, a Netflix programme which sees contestants compete in a talent show featuring music and comedy categories which aired earlier this month (20 January).
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday (27 January), Chrissy shared with her 40.7 million followers a series of snaps alongside fellow TV star Carl Radke, who appeared on a recent episode of her Self-Conscious podcast.
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She began: "I am grateful to @carlradke. Not for just all the years on Bravo he has blessed us with, but because of his honesty and openness around his own journey with sobriety."
She continued: "As you know, I’ve had my own. After being sober for a little over a year, I went back to drinking. I promised myself it would be in a 'mindful' way. I wanted to be able to have a glass of wine on a date night with my husband. To be able to toast on birthdays.
"How lucky I am to have the life I have — I want to enjoy it! And I think that was my first problem. Tying drinking to reward or like some sort of life prize. Soon it became the kind of drinking I’m all too familiar with.
"Quiet moments at home were for wine. The time went from 6pm, to 5, to 4, to aw hell, it’s lunch, why not. When it got to 11am, I was like, oh f*ck, here we go again."
The mother-of-four went on to acknowledge: "And I know. I’m a whole a** mom. We aren’t talking the kind of drinking where you slur your words and miss a step on the stairs. It was just quiet and consistent.
"And god, I felt like sh*t. I missed being able to pick up my keys for a last-minute grocery run. But it wasn’t messy enough yet to stop."
Chrissy explained that, within the same week of talking to Carl, she stopped drinking again.
"I had been in talks for Star Search and knew that if I were given the incredible chance to be on the show, there was absolutely no f*cking way I’d do it with alcohol in my dressing room," she declared.
Reflecting on her journey, Chrissy shared that the 'biggest difference' between now and the first time is that 'there’s no pomp around it'.
"The first time I put my foot down, it was EXCITING. The momentum was fun and kept me going on the right track," she said. "The second time… I dunno. I dunno if everyone around you kind of loses faith or if you do yourself, or a mix of both.
"Or maybe no one wants to get too excited. Like an old boyfriend you talked so much sh*t about to your friends, then you get back together with them and everyone just stops caring because who knowwwwws what’s gonna happen next."
Rounding off, the model concluded by telling fans she was 52 days sober again 'with no desire to turn back'.
"Turns out, without it, I can still be funny. Still be stupid. Still be wildly nervous. Anxious as a mother f*cker. And I can get through it all without it," she said. "I love you guys. Thank you for listening!! Enjoy our talk, because it changed my life. No big deal."
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