Dancing With the Stars pro Cheryl Burke opened up exclusively to Us Weekly about her battles with sobriety, loss and healing through the reality TV show.This past summer, I celebrated three years of sobriety.
My decision to commit to being sober was a long time coming. I was functioning, had just gotten engaged, and then my father passed away.
He struggled to stay sober throughout my entire life, and his death served as a wake-up call to me. I could either numb everything the way I always had or I could finally let myself feel all of those feelings of grief — sober.I only started opening up publicly about being sober about a year ago.
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