Ari Lennox is celebrating a private milestone: sobriety.
Noticed on HipHopDX, the Dreamville songstress bought emotional together with her followers when speaking about being sober for a 12 months. In her emotional submit, the “Strain” crafter mirrored on her previous self and the way far she has come since she stopped consuming closely.
On Monday, December 18th, Lennox shared pictures and a heartfelt message about her journey, resulting in a a lot more healthy look.
Per HipHopDX:
“You see, consuming was my ritual to fight my immense worry of flying,” she wrote earlier than going into element a couple of near-death expertise whereby she drank far an excessive amount of. “‘Simply alcohol’ may’ve killed me. I had many guardian angels watching over me that day. Thank God there was no one filming (I pray and hope [crying emoji, side-eye emoji]) it was fairly divine.”
She added: “I made a decision December 18th 2022, can be the day I bought clear. You understand what I noticed after 1 12 months of many sober flights? I by no means wanted alcohol to get by means of the flight. I believed I wanted alcohol to flee my actuality and to manage. I wanted an excuse to drink and never really feel the ache of on daily basis life and trauma. It was my numbing trip to keep away from my objective and my reality.
“Thanks to my followers. I really like when yall share with me your sober goals and fetes. It makes me so emotional. I’m so pleased with you and I really like you all a lot. We are able to do that.”
It’s Been A Lengthy Journey For Ari Lennox
This newest replace on her sobriety comes after she celebrated seven months of placing down the bottle, mentioning occasions when she handed out in airports after consuming and now being in additional management of her feelings in a now-deleted submit.
“7 months sober.” Lennox wrote within the July IG submit. “That’s quite a lot of sober flights. Lots of sober conversations. Lots of dealing with issues uncooked and head on. Truthfully I don’t know what’s going to occur once I attain a 12 months sober. Don’t know if sobriety is without end or not however I can’t think about going again to how issues had been.
“Passing out within the airport or having my feelings extra heightened than wanted smh shit was unhealthy. I really feel extra accountable for my feelings. Extra secure. Extra glad. Extra alert. Extra protected. Extra accepting of issues I can’t management and extra accountable with issues I can.
“I’ve much less anxiousness socially and once I’m able to go, I am going. I acknowledge my threshold with issues and implement boundaries. I don’t discover curiosity in partying anymore :/ perhaps I’m altering and that’s deeper than alcohol. I like doing chill candy issues. I’m a chill bitch I noticed.”
She added, “Accepting assist and realizing I’m not the perfect traveler by myself has been a recreation changer. So now I’ve assist and that helps. Having assistance is okay.
“I like waking up with no hangover or embarrassment. I like waking up with no night time terrors and panic assaults from liquor.”
Clap for her.
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