Chrissy Teigen is embarrassed she drank so much, might quit but isn’t sure
I realize we have two Chrissy Teigen posts today, but I have to give her props for knowing how to get attention good and bad. I really think she should cultivate an entourage of people, similar to how the Kardashians do it, to drum up more interest and generally have more stories to share. That might require stepping away from social media a bit and I doubt that she could establish the kind of work/life balance required to do that. She needs the press from being controversial, but in this case she’s being genuinely vulnerable, like the time she talked about her postpartum depression or maybe when she admitted that she cries over filtered photos of hot models on Instagram (the verdict is out on that one). Chrissy admitted to Cosmopolitan magazine that she’s been drinking too much, that she’s embarrassed how she acted in front of certain (presumably influential/famous people) and that she’s considering quitting. Here are two examples of Chrissy snapchatting drunk during awards season. And here’s what she told Cosmo:
She went to Bali to try to quit drinking
Before Italy, it was Bali, where they attended a wellness retreat. Teigen wanted to do a reset on her health. “I was, point blank, just drinking too much,” she said, looking down at the table between us. She picked up my phone and turned it around in her hands. “I got used to being in hair and makeup and having a glass of wine. Then that glass of wine would carry over into me having one before the awards show. And then a bunch at the awards show. And then I felt bad for making kind of an ass of myself to people that I really respected. And that feeling, there’s just nothing like that. You feel horrible. It’s not a good look for me, for John, for anybody.”
[Bali] was “really, really wonderful,” she said. “I would wake up feeling amazing. My skin felt amazing. I was just so happy.”
“Imagine everything we have,” Teigen said. “Everything is there, always. I don’t know how to go to an awards show and not drink…”
She has a history of alcohol abuse in her family, she said, and she’s the type of person who “can’t just have one drink.” She is also taking a number of medications for postpartum depression and anxiety, which “alcohol is like the least thing that helps.”
No one told her she had a problem
“Nobody really brought it up to me,” Teigen said. “They just assumed that it was OK because I always felt OK the next morning. I knew in my heart it wasn’t right. It makes you very short with people. People think it’s cutesy and fun to go on these boozy brunches, but there’s more to it. I’ve never once been like, ‘I’m sure glad I had that boozy brunch!’”
She might quit but she’s not sure
“I used to think it was kind of nutty to have to go totally sober, but now I get it. I don’t want to be that person. … I have to fix myself.”
[From Cosmopolitan]
I don’t know if I agree with AA’s policy of identifying as an alcoholic, but I drank too much, I drank every night and I worked so hard to moderate. For four months before I quit I used drinkaware.co.uk to drink less and monitor my drinking. I couldn’t stay under binge levels, particularly for women, for any length of time. It was honestly very hard and I ultimately had to quit entirely. Abstinence is the only thing that works for me, and I’ve been sober for about fourteen months now. My life is so much better, my relationships are better and I feel so healthy. It’s amazing waking up every day and being sober and I hope I’m not tempted to do it again. There are people who can drink a drink or two and stop, but that’s not me and Chrissy just admitted she can’t do that either. Good for her for taking this step and talking about it, whatever her motivation (moar headlines!) but I don’t think she’ll be free from this until she makes a commitment to cut out the booze entirely.
Also, Chrissy is going to try for another kid with John Legend now, she told Cosmo about that, and that will likely help her stay clean for a while. I’m sure we’ll be hearing all about that shortly. I also made the mistake of Google news searching her and HOLY SH- there are so many stories. She talks and tweets so much. I don’t know if we’ll cover any of those unless we’re desperate.
If you want to quit drinking I highly recommend SmartRecovery, it’s free and is based on rational emotive and cognitive behavioral therapy, and also AA is a great resource and there are always people who care and can help. I’m a secular person and I still benefited from AA.
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