Chrissy Teigen has publicly revealed how she found her way back after a major lapse in her sobriety.
He Search for stars The judge openly admitted to relapsing after “being sober for a little over a year,” and credited Carl Radke for inadvertently becoming her guide.
Teigen detailed how a conversation with the reality TV star about her “honesty and openness around her own journey toward sobriety” helped her.
“As you know, I had mine. After being sober for a little over a year, I started drinking again,” Teigen wrote on Instagram.
She further detailed that the relapse began when she reminded herself that she would only consume alcohol “consciously.”
“How lucky I am to have the life I have. I want to enjoy it! And I think that was my first problem,” he explained.
After highlighting a few more cases in which addiction affected her lifestyle, the former Lip Sync Battle The student revealed, “The same week after talking to Carl, I stopped drinking again.”
“I had been in talks for Search for stars and I knew that if I was given the incredible opportunity to be on the show, there was absolutely no fucking way I was going to do it with alcohol in my dressing room.”
Finally, she shared that she has been “52 days sober again and has no desire to go back.”
“Turns out, without it, I can still be funny. Still stupid. Still incredibly nervous. Anxious as a motherfucker. And I can get through it all without it,” the 40-year-old model added.
Chrissy also encouraged her followers to listen to her conversation with Carl Radke in a new episode of her podcast. Self-Aware with Chrissy Teigen.
“Enjoy our talk, because it changed my life. No big deal,” he concluded in his lengthy Instagram caption.
