She made the decision to abstain from drinking alcohol more than two years ago.
And Cheryl Burke admitted she was struggling with her sobriety after temptation came knocking on her door during a recent trip to Hawaii with her husband, Matthew Lawrence.
The 37-year-old Dancing With The Stars professional noted that she’s felt like drinking again ‘a lot lately’ while chatting with AJ McLean and Rene Elizondo Jr. on their Pretty Messed Up podcast.
Honest approach: Cheryl Burke admitted she was struggling with her sobriety after temptation came knocking on her door during a recent trip to Hawaii with her husband, Matthew Lawrence; seen in 2020
During a recent episode of their show, the co-hosts discussed Britney Spears’ conservatorship battle before Elizondo noted how Cheryl came into their group looking for like-minded individuals who could offer support if she’s ever feeling lost.
From there, Cheryl recalled a few recent triggers have made her sobriety journey a little more difficult lately.
‘I’ve realized … how codependent I am on the two of you in a way because I look forward to these conversations of sobriety, of AJ talking about your ups and downs in life, if it’s been rough at times, and you Rene, being that voice of God,’ she said. ‘For some reason, I was thinking, “What if this was all over one day?” And I had so much anxiety.’
Open: The 37-year-old Dancing With The Stars professional noted that she’s felt like drinking again ‘a lot lately’ while chatting with AJ McLean and Rene Elizondo Jr. on their Pretty Messed Up podcast; seen in 2020 with AJ
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During a recent Hawaiian vacation, hotel staff sent Burke and her husband a bottle of champagne to celebrate their anniversary, but they didn’t know she’ didn’t drink.
Her husband had a few sips and she recalled: ‘Never have I ever been triggered in the last two and a half years until that day.’
She remembered going to a friend’s birthday party after the Hawaii incident and the ‘same thing’ happened, even telling her sister, ‘I’m two seconds away [from drinking].’
Tough call: During a recent Hawaiian vacation, hotel staff sent Burke and her husband a bottle of champagne to celebrate their anniversary, but they didn’t know she’ didn’t drink
Burke explained that she ‘can’t just have one’ drink and ‘might as well just go into this rabbit hole for a couple of weeks.’
‘I have a lot of personal stuff going on right now at the moment, and so it’s been very … I feel like I’m walking on a really tight rope at the moment,’ Burke said. ‘Therapy’s not working right now.’
Cheryl made the decision to stop drinking after her engagement party in 2018 and noting her father’s own addiction issues.
‘It was just a decision that I made for myself,’ she explained. ‘And it was when Matt and I got engaged and it was during that engagement party that we were just like — or that I was like, he didn’t even know — I was just like, I was done.’
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