Home and Away actress Sam Frost has been sober for eight months.
The former Bachelorette told fans on New Year’s Day she hadn’t touched alcohol since celebrating her 31st birthday.
‘I haven’t had a drink since my birthday in April. Successfully made it through the silly season without a cheeky wine,’ she wrote on Instagram.
Feeling good: Home and Away actress Sam Frost has been sober for eight months. She told fans on New Year’s Day she hadn’t touched alcohol since celebrating her 31st birthday in April
Without a hangover to deal with on January 1, Sam instead worked up a sweat at her local gym.
The actress performed a variety of exercises, including skipping, weighted sit-ups, Russian twists, shoulder taps and squats.
While Sam didn’t specify why she quit drinking, she did speak generally about her decision to follow a healthier lifestyle in a blog post in August.
Training session: Without a hangover to deal with on January 1, Sam instead worked up a sweat at her local gym
New direction: While Sam didn’t specify why she quit drinking, she did speak generally about her decision to follow a healthier lifestyle in a blog post in August
‘I feel like there has been a shift in me this year. I’m not sure whether it’s because I am single again, or if it’s because I’m in my thirties and I am tired of having to apologise for who I am. Maybe it’s because 2020 has been a real jerk of a year? I don’t know why, all I know [is] I have changed,’ she wrote.
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‘I have spent my entire life constantly beating myself up. My self-worth has had an ugly and brutal battle through my teens and twenties. Never feeling like I’m good enough, smart enough, pretty enough… blah, blah, blah. The self-destructive tape would play over and over, which quite literally nearly killed me.
‘I signed up to a gym and took baby steps getting back into shape. I have always been active, but never dedicated. It started with two sessions a week, and I worked my way up from up there. Now a year later, I happily go to the gym four to five days a week and I see a personal trainer twice a week. I am feeling really good mentally and physically.’
Healthy body, healthy mind: ‘I signed up to a gym and took baby steps getting back into shape,’ she wrote, adding: ‘I am feeling really good mentally and physically’
Screen siren: In July 2017, Channel Seven announced that Sam would be joining Home and Away as a permanent cast member. Pictured with co-star Ada Nicodemou
In July 2017, Channel Seven announced that Sam would be joining Home and Away as a permanent cast member.
The former reality star, who plays nurse Jasmine Delaney in the long-running soap, made her debut in December that year.
Before finding her feet as an actress, she co-hosted the 2DayFM breakfast show with Rove McManus for a year.
She first rose to fame in 2014 as a contestant on The Bachelor, and was Australia’s inaugural Bachelorette the following year.
Former career: She first rose to fame in 2014 as a contestant on The Bachelor, and was Australia’s inaugural Bachelorette the following year
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