Jessica Simpson Says She’s 5 Years Sober: ‘I Can and Always Will Get Through It’

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 Five years sober. Jessica Simpson commemorated the anniversary of her decision to stop drinking with an emotional social media post.“I needed to be in my studio today because this is where I ground myself and heal.

As much as I have learned to block out destructive noise,” the Texas native, 42, captioned a video of herself singing her song “Party of One” via Instagram on Sunday, November 6. “Peoples’ comments and judgements can still hurt deeply with their incessant nagging ‘you will never be good enough.'”Simpson — who shares kids Maxwell, 10, Ace, 9, and Birdie, 3, with husband Eric Johnson — went on to explain that she’s found the strength to get through such challenges through her sobriety. “The most important thing I have learned through the last 5yrs without alcohol being a guard for escapism, is that I CAN and ALWAYS WILL get through it,” she explained. “I am capable of pretty much anything I care enough about to put my mind to.

I am present. I am deeply inspired. I am determined. I am honest. I care about other people.”The “I Think I’m in Love With You” singer first told fans about her battle with alcoholism in her 2020 memoir, Open Book.

She recalled carrying a “glitter cup” that was “filled to the rim with alcohol,” and Simpson realized she needed to make a change after Halloween 2017.“I just realized that I had to surrender,” she said during a January 2020 appearance on Today. “It was time.