It has been lower than a month since Stodden introduced her “breakup” with alcohol — and he or she’s already seeing a distinction.
Courtney Stodden is having a transformative summer time.
The Movie star Large Brother contestant — who rose to fame after she married a then-51-year-old Doug Hutchison when she was simply 16 in 2011 — introduced on July 15 she was “breaking apart” with alcohol and, since, has been sharing updates along with her followers about her sobriety journey.
On Tuesday, August 5, she took to Instagram to share to images highlighting how she seems to be now, with out alcohol in her life (above left), and again in December 2024, when it was a part of her common routine (above proper).
“Swipe to see the distinction,” she wrote, including the hashtags #soberjourney and #bodymindspirit. In each images (under), the 30-year-old is sporting little or no — rocking purple lingerie within the newer picture, whereas sporting a pale blue bikini within the throwback photograph.
“That is one thing I’ve gone backwards and forwards about posting. However my life has at all times been so public and this can be a massive a part of my therapeutic,” Stodden wrote when she introduced she was reducing booze from her life.
“Alcohol, I am breaking apart with you. It has been a poisonous relationship for years. One thing I used to manage, to flee, to outlive,” she continued. “However it’s harm me greater than it is ever helped me — publicly and privately.”
“Final evening was the final time. I am achieved letting it management me. I am achieved feeling sick and ashamed,” Stodden wrote. “I wish to be absolutely current in my life. I wish to face my previous, my trauma, and my present actuality with clear eyes and actual energy. To those that perceive this battle—thanks. Please respect my area as I stroll this new path. It is not straightforward, nevertheless it’s essential.”
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3 days into her journey, she posted a video of herself crying to Instagram, by which she mentioned how laborious it was to cease consuming chilly turkey. She mentioned Hutchison was an enormous drinker after they acquired married and would abuse her when drunk; due to this, she mentioned she additionally began to drink to self-medicate. Hutchison by no means responded to her allegations.
In an replace earlier this week, Stodden mentioned she’s “beginning to really feel once more.”
“To anybody struggling: Please hear me once I say — You aren’t damaged. You aren’t weak. You’re NOT alone. You’re so worthy of affection. Of therapeutic. Of peace. Of LIFE. The alcohol lied,” she wrote. “However your reality continues to be inside you — and it’s stunning. ✨ In the future at a time. One breath at a time. We’re on this collectively.”
She concluded her put up, “This is not the top. That is the start. 💞”
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