The 7 Steps to Freedom from Alcohol – Inspiration
You have reached the point where you are aware there is a problem
And now you are looking for a system to help you become the person you want to be.
When I took these steps, not long ago.
I was looking for people that had done what I wanted to do.
I needed someone to look up to as if to say
”well, he/she did it, why shouldn’t I?”
I found my mentor while I was on the internet and from that moment I knew I too could do it, even though I have failed so many times before.
There is a list below that I have compiled for you.
people who have quitted and basically saved themselves and their careers.
and some who failed to quit and paid the highest price.
We don’t want any more of these please!
And a few teetotalers, who never drank alcohol.
Take step 3, INSPIRATION and find someone who inspires you to do what you know you must do,
and has done it before you for the same reasons.
People who have quitted and basically saved themselves and their careers
Elton John
Singer / Sober from 1990
Mel Gibson
Actor
Chrissy Teigan
Model / Sober from 2020
Katy Perry
Singer / Sober from 2010
Bradley Cooper
Actor / Sober from 2004
Rob Lowe
Actor / Sober from 1993
Anne Hathaway
Actress / Sober from 2016
Jennifer Lopez
Singer / Sober from 2020 or earlier
Florence Welch
Singer / Sober from 2014
Ewan McGregor
Actor / Sober from 2003
Ewan McGregor he stopped drinking before it could ruin his life.
“I knew I was lucky, and somehow I knew that if I didn’t stop, everything would go tits up — my career, my family, my everything,” he said.
Blake Lively
Actress / Forever(ish)
Zac Efron
Actor / Sober from 2013
Kristen Davis
Actress / Sober from 1998
Brad Pitt
Actor / Sober from 2016
“I mean, we have a winery. I enjoy wine very, very much, but I just ran it to the ground,” he said. “I had to step away for a minute. And truthfully, I could drink a Russian under the table with his own vodka. I was a professional. I was good.
Jada Pinkett Smith
Actress / Sober from 1995
Eminem
Singer / Sober from 2008
Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers, almost died from an accidental overdose of the drug methadone in 2007. He later entered rehab, and he celebrated 11 years of sobriety in April 2019.
Russell Brand
Comedian / Sober from 2003
Naomi Cambell
Model / Sober from 1999
Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
“There was definitely a time when I was coming out of ‘Potter’ and I was into the real world, suddenly I was in a world where I’m not going to have that consistency anymore,” he said. “I was pretty inconsolable on the last day of ‘Potter.’ I was really worried. I was living alone, and I think I was really freaked out… I drank a lot, as has been recorded.”
Gerard Butler
Actor / Sober from 2003
Gerard Butler He said he went to rehab before he could reach full-blown pill addiction. “Maybe a stronger person wouldn’t have needed to go,” he said. “When you hear the word rehab, you think, ‘He’s a mess, he’s f—ed up.’ But I’m glad I did it. I’ve made a s–tload of wrong decisions in my life. But I know I’ve made some right ones as well.”
Keith Urban
Singer / Sober from 2000
He added: “You know, early on in my sobriety, there was a period when I wished I hadn’t succumbed to drugs and everything the way I did. It sucked up so much creative time, when I should have been in the studio working. But I don’t know what came from that time, other than that I’m where I am because of, or in spite of, nobody knows and never will.”
Ben Affleck
Actor / Sober from 2001
“I have completed treatment for alcohol addiction; something I’ve dealt with in the past and will continue to confront,” he wrote. “I want to live life to the fullest and be the best father I can be.”
Robert Downey Jr
Actor
John Goodman
Actor / Sober from 2015
Goodman struggled with alcoholism for years and even drank while filming the original “Roseanne.” At one point, star Roseanne Barr confronted him about it. “She was scared for me, but she was more confrontational. She’d already had a husband go through the process. “He added: “The last four years were pretty bad, and I was drinking at work and [Barr] was scared for me. I was ashamed of myself, but I couldn’t stop.”
Charlie Sheen
Actor / Sober from 2019
Josh Brolin
Actor / Sober from 2014
Rob Delaney
Comedian / Sober from 2002
“17 years ago I was in jail in a wheelchair,” he wrote. “Today I’m not. I am profoundly grateful to the alcoholics who shines a light on the path for me and helped equip me with the skills to live life well.”
Michael Phelps
Olympic swimmer / Sober from 2016
I checked myself in because I think I was at a point in my life where something needed to change.
– Michael Phelps, 2016
Johnny Depp
I spent years poisoning myself. I was very, very good at it… It was best to stop. Now I look back and say, ‘Why? Why did I do that?’
Alec Baldwin
Actor / Sober from 1985
Baldwin says that while he likely would have found recovery eventually, he is grateful to have gotten sober young. Three years into being sober, Baldwin got one of his first big breakout roles with Beetlejuice. Since then, he’s had a long and prolific career.
After completing rehab, Baldwin’s career soared. He became a hirsute ’90s heartthrob, and later, the charmingly deluded Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock, which resulted in 2 Emmys, 3 Golden Globes, and 7 SAG awards.
Some who failed to quit and paid the highest price
People we have lost too early
David Cassidy ✞
Singer
Age: 67
Year of death: 2017
Cause : Liver failure
Michael Elphick ✞
Actor
Age: 55
Year of death: 2002
Cause: Alcoholism
Amy Winehouse ✞
Singer
Age: 27
Year of death: 2011
Cause: Alcoholism
Oliver Reed ✞
Actor
Age: 61
Year of death: 1999
Cause: Alcoholism
George Best ✞
Soccer Player
Age: 59
Year of death: 2005
Cause: Liver failure
Peter Cook ✞
Comedian
Age: 57
Year of death: 1995
Cause: Haemorrhage
Richard Burton ✞
Actor
Age: 58
Year of death: 1984
Cause: Haemorrhage
John Bonham ✞
Age: 32 / Year of death: 1980 / Cause: Alcoholic Binge / Drummer
John Henry Bonham was an English musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Led Zeppelin. Esteemed for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential drummers in music.
Charles Kennedy ✞
Age: 55 / Year of death: 2015 / Cause: Haemorrhage / Politician
Charles Peter Kennedy was a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1999 to 2006, and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ross, Skye and Lochaber from 1983 to 2015
A few teetotalers, who never drank alcohol
Celebs who are TEETOTAL
Shania Twain
Singer
Sober celebs: Shania Twain
Man, I Feel Like A Woman singer Shania explained in her biography that she’s a fan of clean living. She doesn’t drink, eat meat or smoke.
The 54-year-old also prefers to work with similarly minded people.
“I like a clean band. I don’t like drugs. I don’t like alcohol,” she said. “I like to have clean-living people around me.”
Andy Murray
Sober celebs: Andy Murray
Tennis champion Andy decided booze wasn’t for him after incurring the hangover from hell when he was 16. Now 32, Andy said: “When I was at tennis school in Barcelona, I remember going out to celebrate a friend’s birthday and having a few drinks on a Saturday night.
“I felt awful all-day Sunday and not great on the Monday, so I thought, ‘I’m not doing that again’.”
I always wanted to see how far I could go in the sport. I didn’t want to do anything to jeopardise that.
“There were a lot of talented British players around, but they didn’t take it as seriously as I did, they weren’t focused enough.”
Jim Carrey
He’s said “life is too beautiful” to drink. He’s alluded to his mental health being a factor for his sobriety as well.
Leona Lewis
Singer
For The X Factor winner, it’s the taste of booze that’s the most unappealing. “I don’t drink – I hate the taste of alcohol,” she told InStyle. When my debut single [Bleeding Love] went to No.1, I celebrated with non-alcoholic champagne.”
Tom Cruise
Cruise is one of the best-paid actors in the world, and his films have grossed over $4 billion in North America and over $10.1 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing box-office stars of all time. Cruise began acting in the early 1980s and made his breakthrough with leading roles
Cristiano Ronaldo
The mega-star athlete not only doesn’t drink because of his sport, but also, because his father reportedly struggled with alcohol abuse.
Warren Buffett
The billionaire claims he never drinks.
Like, never ever.
