Cheryl Burke Pens Essay About Sobriety, Soul Searching After a Public Divorce and Her Future in Dance

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Dancing With the Stars pro Cheryl Burke opened up exclusively to Us Weekly about her sobriety journey, soul searching after her public divorce from Matthew Lawrence and what lies ahead for her future in dance.

I have been sober for four years, and to say my life has been a roller-coaster during that time frame would be a major understatement.

My journey with sobriety began the night of my engagement party in 2018. I had recently lost my father, who was also an alcoholic, and that time of my life was a huge turning point in so many ways.

If I am being completely honest, I did not decide to quit that day because of some defining realization that if I kept drinking, I would crash and burn (although, looking back, I know that would have definitely been the case).