Chrissy Teigen
Sober for 50 days
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Chrissy Teigen has good reason to celebrate because she hasn’t had a drop of alcohol in 50 days. The road to sobriety was bumpy, as she openly and honestly describes herself.
Chrissy Teigen, 35, can be proud of herself because she recognized early on that she had an alcohol problem and has been working against it ever since. Unlike many other celebrities, however, she is very open and honest about this problem. Now she lets her fans participate in the first successes of the fight against addiction.
Chrissy Teigen: 50 days without a drop of alcohol
Now she has a first milestone to celebrate, because it has been 50 days since Chrissi last had an alcoholic drink, reports “People Magazine”. The wife of singer John Legend, 42, posted on Instagram: “It should have been almost a year, but I had a few (wine) stumbling blocks on the way.” Teigen shows a video with her children Luna, 5, and Miles , 3. The 35-year-old model adds, “This is my longest streak so far!” Teigen says she isn’t sure she’ll quit drinking forever, but she has realized that none of her will Way more serve. “I don’t get any more fun out of it, it doesn’t make me dance, it doesn’t relax me,” writes the mother of two. “I get sick, fall asleep and wake up hungover after missing a probably fun night. I had fun with alcohol and admire everyone who can enjoy it responsibly ”.
She found inspiration in a book to change her life
Teigen officially announced in December 2020 that she had a drinking problem and had stopped drinking just four weeks earlier. The previous September, Chrissy and John had sadly lost their third baby Jack in a miscarriage. It was only through Holly Whitaker’s book “Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol” that she found the inspiration to recognize and fight against her problem with alcohol: “I got this book from mine Get a doctor and a boyfriend, “wrote Teigen in her Instagram story in December. “I was fed up with fucking in front of people (I’m still embarrassed), being tired of drinking during the day, feeling like shit at 6pm and then not being able to sleep.”
Husband John Legend loves his wife Chrissy more than anything and supports her way, on her first milestone he congratulates her with lots of hearts under the Instagram post.
Sources used: People Magazine, Instagram