Lucy Hale is sharing her wrestle with alcohol for the primary time within the hopes of serving to different younger folks.
The Fairly Little Liars star spoke candidly about her expertise with habit on Thursday’s episode of The Diary of a CEO podcast, revealing that this second has really been 13 years within the making. “I’ve by no means talked publicly about being sober–I’ve slightly over a yr of sobriety. I’ve been engaged on getting sober since I used to be 20. I am 33. It took time. It took endurance with myself,” she stated. “I simply held on to that perception that the actual Lucy got here out when she was consuming. It additionally quieted my thoughts…my mind simply does not shut off and it is exhausting. I used to be a textbook binge drinker, blackout, would not keep in mind what I did or what I stated, which is frightening.”
Hale went on to disclose that ever since she first tried consuming at age 14, she knew she had an issue with it and at no level in her life has she been a “regular, reasonable drinker.” The actor defined, “I used to be prepared to go to this loopy darkish place each time. In fact I attempted to be a reasonable drinker, simply having two. I’ve an allergy to alcohol. I can’t drink. I view it as an allergy. My mind does not work the identical approach as somebody who can simply have a glass of wine. It at all times desires extra. It is craving that feeling.”
The podcast’s host Steven Bartlett then requested if anybody in her life ever gave her an ultimatum or tried to stage an intervention due to her habits round alcohol “I attempted to alter for boyfriends, I attempted to alter for my mum, I attempted to alter for my profession, I attempted to alter for useless causes—’I will look youthful and look skinnier. I will cease consuming for that.’ Considered one of my greatest associates died of alcoholism and that also did not make me need to get sober,” Hale stated. “None of that shit works. Alcohol is not the issue. The issue is this sense inside me.” It wasn’t till Hale made her personal determination that she wanted to get sober that all the pieces began to alter. She defined that she lastly made the dedication to herself on January 2, 2022 after realizing that she “deserves extra out of this life.” The actor added that after virtually 20 years of heavy consuming, the final yr has felt “releasing” and “peaceable.”
Final week, Hale celebrated her one yr sober anniversary on Instagram with a cake, writing within the caption, “Bear with me, that is another Valentine’s Day submit. It is a submit about self-love and in regards to the best factor I’ve ever finished. On January 2, 2023 I celebrated one yr of sobriety.” She continued, “Whereas this journey has largely been non-public, I felt compelled tonight to let anybody who’s struggling know that you’re not alone and you might be beloved.”
