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Chrissy Teigen shares the book that inspired her to become sober.
The cookbook author revealed on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday that she donated the book Stop like a woman by author Holly Whitaker last month, and the reading prompted her to give up alcohol.
Teigen, who turned 35 on Nov. 30, said she did not like her behavior when she drank, and that the book was the pressure she had to stop.
” A month ago, on my birthday, I got this book from my doctor and friend, ” Teigen wrote on top of a photo of the book. “I was done making myself a hole in front of people (I’m still shy), tired from the day of drinking and feeling like 6 shit, without being able to sleep.”
Teigen went on to say that she’s been sober ever since ‘and encouraged her fans to read it -‘ even if you can ‘t see yourself doing it or just do not want to,’ she writes, ‘it’s still an incredible read. ‘
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Whitaker shared Teigen’s post on her own Instagram Stories and thanked the Chrissy’s court host for the support of the book.
“@chrissyteigen thank you a thousand times for always sharing your humanity and crowd,” Whitaker wrote. “Infinite gratitude for sharing my work. With you, with you, with you.”
Earlier this week, Teigen shared on Instagram that she has been without alcohol for four weeks.
When the former model posted a fun video of her family’s Christmas vacation in St. Louis. Barts share, a fan jokingly said, ‘I need the drugs you’re on !!’ Teigen replied that she was ‘4 weeks sober’, adding a bit of emoji of heart and prayer.
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Teigen, who shares daughter Luna Simone (4) and son Miles Theodore (2) with husband John Legend, earlier opened up about her relationship with alcohol. In 2017, she told Cosmopolitan that she “drank just too much” and was on an alcohol break at the time.
She explained that she ‘got used to hair and makeup and drank a glass of wine’, which would turn into ‘one before the awards.’
“And then a bunch at the awards,” she said. “And then I felt bad for making people such a donkey that I really respect. And that feeling, there’s just nothing like it. You feel awful. It’s not good for me, for John, for everyone. ‘
If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, contact SAMHSA Drug Abuse Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.