Elle Macpherson has revealed she attends AA meetings to maintain her sobriety.
The supermodel quit drinking alcohol shortly before turning 40 and is working diligently to stay away from her bad habit of the past.
“To tell you the truth… I just wanted a break and it was a fantastic time for me to address a lot of things I hadn’t had time to examine,” he said. Fitzy and Wippa from Nova 96.9 with Kate Ritchie This week of his decision to leave him.
“It’s been amazing to get sober and stay sober. It’s been the foundation of my whole life, really, because without getting sober I wouldn’t be here.”
The Australian model also shared an anecdote from a recent AA meeting she attended.
“I went to a meeting yesterday and it was really funny because one of the guys was talking about how embarrassed he was to go to AA meetings at first, but he wasn’t embarrassed to fall out of a nightclub or pee his pants,” he explained.
We have preconceived ideas about how horrible life will be without alcohol, and I am living proof that life can be just as joyful, just as free, and just as powerful.
Elle added that her biggest fear about quitting drinking was “the fear of being myself.”
Elle Macpherson (pictured) has revealed she attends AA meetings to maintain her sobriety. The supermodel quit drinking shortly before her 40th birthday and is working hard to kick her past bad habit.
The star previously said the change came during a difficult period in her life.
“I stopped drinking in 2003 because I felt like I couldn’t be fully present in my life and it was a wonderful springboard to getting to know myself on a deeper level,” she said. Body + Soul.
Elle added that she had an ‘awakening’ once she eliminated alcohol from her life.
“Everyone has their own path and I’m not interested in telling others what to do, but I know that this was a decision I have never regretted,” she said.
‘While it does require discipline and persistence, the bottom line is that you can’t be well and present in your life if you’re not present and well, and alcohol doesn’t really support that.
“It’s very difficult to know yourself if you numb yourself.”
“It’s been amazing getting sober and staying sober. It’s been the foundation of my whole life, really, because without being sober, I wouldn’t be here,” he said.
Elle celebrated 20 years of sobriety in September and proudly shared a photo of her three-badge blue and gold Alcoholics Anonymous badge.
Elle celebrated 20 years of sobriety in September last year, proudly sharing a photo of her triple blue and gold Alcoholics Anonymous token on Instagram.
The beauty, dubbed ‘The Body’ by Time magazine in 1989, has also previously reflected on staying sober.
“It’s funny, 40 is a very introspective year,” he said. Gritty Pretty Magazine in 2020.
“I actually stopped drinking when I was 40. I felt like I wanted to spend time in introspection,” he continued.
“I stopped drinking in 2003 because I felt like I couldn’t be fully present in my life and it was a wonderful springboard into getting to know myself on a deeper level,” she previously said.
Elle also previously told Ocean Drive magazine that she began focusing on health and wellness when she was 40.
“Beauty at any age is a boring cliché, but beauty is not reserved only for the young,” she said.
“There is a big movement that supports that. I didn’t feel any kind of pressure about turning 50, maybe because I’ve been preparing for this stage of my life for a long time.”
‘When I turned 50, I didn’t feel any kind of physical stagnation… It wasn’t like, Oh my God, I better get better before I turn 50; it was more like I was reborn.’