Jessica Simpson
(Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)Jessica Simpson marked 7 years of sobriety with a poignant post to commemorate the milestone.
Speaking on social media on Friday, November 1, the singer, 44, shared a black and white photo on Instagram looking out the window of an airplane.
“7 years ago today I got involved in the light of not having alcohol 🤍,” he said in the photo.
Well-wishers flocked to the comments section to applaud Simpson for the post, including the actor John Stamos, who wrote, “Bravo.”
Fans also congratulated the “I Wanna Love You Forever” singer for her success in being gentle.
“Congratulations on 7 years queen!!!! Good life 🌻” one fan wrote, while another added, “You'll never know how many women you've inspired to do the same @jessicasimpson !!!! Thank you for sharing your vulnerability, your strength, your hope, your love, your joy, and your FREEDOM…happy 7!!! 🎂”
The singer previously spoke about how she turned to alcohol as a way to cope with her past traumas, including childhood sexual abuse.
Simpson recalled in a revealing interview Today in January 2020 that he knew the problem had become a serious problem in October 2017 when he failed to appear from his children on Halloween. (Simpson shares Maxwell, Ace, and Birdie, with a husband Eric Johnson).
“In fact, I couldn't even tell you who fixed them. I was just disappointed and confused, I just wanted to go to sleep,” said Simpson on Today. “I didn't take a trick for them. I was not seen by my family. I took a picture and made the world think I had arrived. “
This incident was the reason for Simpson to decide to stop drinking alcohol and start working with a therapist.
“I just realized that I had to give myself up,” he said Today the host Hoda Kotb. “I want to continue the way I'm going, and at this point in my life, I'm strong enough to face anything that comes my way. Because there is nothing I will back down from that will weaken me without going through it.”
He added: “I started spinning and I couldn't control myself … and that was because of the alcohol. Every day I said, 'I'm going to quit soon. I'll slow down.'”
Since then, Simpson has marked each year of his retirement with a post shared via Instagram, including 2021 when he shared a photo of himself in 2017 along with a lengthy caption showing how far he had come since putting down the bottle.
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“This person early in the morning on Nov 1, 2017 is an unknown version of me. I had plenty of time to open it up and check it out. I knew in that moment that I would allow myself to reclaim my light, show victory over my inner self-esteem battle, and brave this world with searing clarity,” she wrote. “Personally, in order to do this I had to stop drinking alcohol because it kept my mind and heart spinning in one direction and to be honest I was tired. I wanted to feel the pain so I could wear it as a badge of honor. I wanted to live as a leader and break the cycles to move forward- never to look back with regret and regret for any choice I made and could make throughout my time here on this beautiful earth.
I can't believe it's been 4 years! Sounds like maybe 2. I think that's a good thing. No.”
Simpson concluded: “There is a lot of stigma attached to the word alcoholic or the word alcoholic. The real work that needed to be done in my life was accepting failure, pain, brokenness, and self-harm. Drinking was not a problem. I was. I didn't like myself. I did not respect my strength. Today I do. I have done well with being afraid and accepting the parts of my life that are just sad. I carry my own strength with the courage of the soul. I am honest and easy going. I'm free.”
