Michelle Heaton took to Instagram with a smiling post on Wednesday to celebrate reaching 11 months sober.
The Liberty X singer, 42, has been very open about giving up alcohol after her drug and alcohol addiction left her close to death.
In the latest post, Michelle beams for the camera looking happy and healthy.
Achievement! Michelle Heaton, 42, took to Instagram on Wednesday to celebrate reaching the milestone of being 11 months sober after documenting her drug and alcohol battle
She captioned the picture: ‘I am 11 months sober today! I will continue to share my milestones because someone out there will need to hear it’s possible to live a life free from addiction!’
‘Currently in bed .. with my husband. A place I hated to be 11 months ago. I would feel guilt, shame, anxiety and anger, so thought of any reason to go downstairs and continue to drink, until it was gone!’
‘When I tried to stop in 2021, I realised I couldn’t. Hiding it more just took me further to my rock bottom, but today I am free from addiction, working to the best of my ability.’
Rock Bottom: The Liberty X singer, 42, gave up alcohol after her drug and alcohol addiction left her close to death (Pictured in April 2021)
Great: Michelle wrote this very honest post alongside the latest photo of herself
She ended the post by offering help to others writing: ‘Anyone struggling contact @AA_12steps or #AA’.
Fans and famous friends rushed to congratulate the star on her amazing achievement with Real Housewives Of Cheshire’s Dawn Ward writing: ‘You look amazing’.
Singer Ben Ofoedu was lost for words and simply posted a red love heart.
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Famous friends: Fans and famous friends rushed to congratulate the star on her amazing achievement with Real Housewives Of Cheshire’s Dawn Ward writing: ‘You look amazing’
Lost for words: Vanessa Feltz’s partner Ben Ofoedu was lost for words and simply posted a red love heart
Wow: The former Liberty X star, has been open about her battle with alcohol and shared a snap of herself from when she was ‘swollen from a failing liver’
Michelle previously revealed she did not go for a day without alcohol for three years before she checked into rehab in April 2021.
Confessing that getting herself help was the hardest part of her journey during an appearance on Loose Women in September, Michelle said: ‘It’s the first step and its the hardest to admit you have a problem and that you’re powerless to drugs and alcohol.
She explained it wasn’t a ‘specific event’ that caused her admission into rehab, but she ended up ‘locked away by herself, lying and manipulating situations’.
Michelle revealed: ‘I became very very ill, it was a five year process. About three years it got a bit of a hold on me, I was happy in my addiction.’
‘Sometimes it’s difficult to say you have an addiction cos at times it feels fun, that’s the reality of it, it [alcohol] was my friend in need.
‘Any feeling, sad, happy, the sun’s shining, a party – any excuse. It got a hold of me really badly.’
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Michelle explained: ‘The last eight months have been a real journey of sobriety, but I’m so happy I can’t even explain how joyful I feel’
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