Jessie Reyez is getting real about sobriety. The singer-songwriter recently spoke about her journey on the “Great Company” podcast with Jamie Laing.
“I started drinking so young,” she explained. “I got a whole bunch of older cousins. And the first time they got me fucked up, I was eleven years old. My family wasn’t a fan of it. My exes weren’t a fan of it.”
Reyez credited her friends and her mother with encouraging her to deal with her drinking problem.
“There was a lot of nights I could’ve fucking died,” she explained. “But I had really good friends that would drive my ass home. My poor Mom had to open that door and see me. And it’s even more embarrassing when you have a mom like mine who tries to be understanding.”
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While admitting that she misses it “when life is hard,” Reyez said in a recent interview with Rolling Stone that she still doesn’t turn to alcohol.
“I’m currently sober, well, alcohol sober. I haven’t had a drink for about two years,” Reyez explained while acknowledging that she does use mushrooms. “I don’t do it hella recreationally; I do it more so ritualistically, with intention.”
Reyez’s conversation comes as more artists are opening up about sobriety. PEOPLE magazine reported that Flavor Flav recently shared that he’d slipped and drank on his birthday, but vowed to get back to his sober lifestyle.
““I remain authentic to who I am and a large part of the past 4.5 years for me has been my sobriety journey,” Flav wrote on Instagram. “I think I’ve been an inspiration to many that if I could get sober, anyone can do it.”
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