Valérie Bertinelli joins a long list of stars who have decided to leave the party life behind.
After successfully completing Dry January, where one gives up alcohol for the entire month, Bertinelli decided to make a lifestyle change and is nearing his goal of one year of sobriety. The Food Network star gave up alcohol for two reasons.
“I decided to go to Dry January. I love it so far,” Bertinelli announced on her Instagram Story at the time. “I do it for two reasons. First, I want to try to reduce my sugar cravings. And I think alcohol exacerbates that.”
From left, Valerie Bertinelli, Brad Pitt, Elle MacPherson and Rob Lowe are all heading into 2025 committed to their sobriety. (Getty Images)
Second, she said, “I want to calm down the cortisol in my body that has been raging for five or six years. I’ve been in fight, flight, freeze, fawn mode. And I want to rest and digest,” she said. -she shared. “I think cutting down on alcohol will help me achieve that.”
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A month later, Bertinelli revealed the positive effect Result: she lost weight.
Valérie Bertinelli participated in Dry January in early 2024. (Single Nicole)
“So here’s a nice little side effect of Dry January,” she said in a video posted to TikTok. “A few months ago, the jeans I wore were so tight I couldn’t button them comfortably. Now they’re so loose it’s time for me to size down.”
Below is a look at other stars who have committed to staying sober for years.
Elle MacPherson
In 2023, model Elle MacPherson celebrated the 20th anniversary of her sobriety.
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Speaking with an Australian magazine Body + Soul In November 2023, Macpherson spoke about his decision to get sober in 2003, saying “it was a wonderful stepping stone to getting to know myself on a deeper level.”
Elle MacPherson has been sober since 2003. (Gisela Schober/Getty Images)
She went on to say that it was a decision she never regretted.
“While it takes discipline and perseverance, the bottom line is that you can’t be well present in your life if you’re not present and healthy, and alcohol doesn’t really support that. It’s very difficult to get to know yourself if you become numb.”
MacPherson isn’t the only star to have been sober for decades.
Rob Lowe
In May 2023, Rob Lowe celebrated his 33rd anniversary of sobriety, writing on Instagram how “grateful” he is to have “found recovery and a tribe that supported him” on his road to recovery.
“If you or someone you know is suffering from any form of addiction: hope and joy await you if you want it and are willing to work for it,” he added.
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Lowe has already spoken to the variety in 2021 on the origins of his addiction, explaining that he started drinking when he was a teenager, and that his addiction worsened when he started gambling and was introduced to drugs. He got sober in 1990.
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“Nothing can get you sober unless you want to,” he told the outlet. “The threat of losing a marriage, losing a job, being incarcerated – you name the threat, it won’t do it. It has to be in you. The reason people don’t get 100% sober when they participate in the programs, it’s because people are not ready to use the tools.”
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper opened up about his journey to sobriety during an appearance on an episode of “Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge” in 2023. During the episode, he revealed that he has been sober since the age of 29, calling himself “lucky.”
Bradley Cooper stopped drinking alcohol at the age of 29. (Jamie McCarthy)
During the episode, Cooper spoke to Bear Grylls about how his past experience battling addiction helped him connect with his character on “A Star is Born.”
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“It made it easier to be able to really get into that,” he said on the show. “And thank God I was at a point in my life where I was comfortable with it all, so I could really let myself go. I’ve been very lucky with the roles I’ve gotten in playing it’s been a real blessing. I hope I can continue to do it.
Brad Pitt
After Angelina Jolie filed for divorce Brad Pitt in 2016, the actor became sober. He said The New York Times in September 2019, “I had taken things as far as I could, so I took away my right to drink.”
During her acceptance speech at the 2020 National Board of Review Awards for her role in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Pitt credited Cooper for helping him get sober, saying that “every day has been happier since then.”
In a June 2022 interview with GQ, Pitt explained how Alcoholics Anonymous helped him.
Brad Pitt got sober in 2016 after filing for divorce from Angelina Jolie. (Presley-Ann)
“I had a really cool group of men here, very private and selective, so it was safe,” he told the outlet. “Because I had seen things from other people that had been recorded while they were spilling their guts, and it’s just excruciating to me.”
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In that interview, Pitt also said he quit smoking cigarettes during the pandemic, saying, “I don’t have that ability to just do one or two a day.” In 2023, Pitt has launched a new gin but he would always be sober.
