Source: Erika Goldring / Getty / Ari Lennox
Ari Lennox is celebrating a personal milestone: sobriety.
It has been detected HipHopDX, the Dreamville singer touched down with her fans when she opened up about being sober for a year. In her emotional post, the 'Pressure' creator reflected on her past and how far she's come since quitting heavy drinking.
On Monday, Dec. 18, Lennox shared photos and a heartfelt message about her journey to a much healthier look.
Per HipHopDX:
“You see, drinking was my ritual to combat my immensity fear of flying,” he wrote before going into detail about a near-death experience where he drank too much. “Alcohol could kill me. I had many guardian angels watching over me that day. Thank God no one was shooting (I pray and hope [crying emoji, side-eye emoji]) was quite divine.”
He added: “I have decided that December 18, 2022 will be the day I come clean. Do you know what I realized after 1 year of many sober flights? I never needed alcohol to get through the flight. I thought I needed alcohol to escape my reality and cope. I needed an excuse to drink and not feel the everyday pain and trauma. It was my numbing holiday to avoid my purpose and my truth.
“Thank you to my fans. I love that you share your sober dreams and celebrations with me. It makes me so emotional. I am so proud of you and love you all so much. We can do it.”
It's been a long journey for Ari Lennox
This latest update on her sobriety comes after she celebrated seven months after putting down the bottle, recounting times she passed out in airports after drinking and is now more in control of her emotions in a now-deleted post.
“7 months sober.” Lennox wrote in the July IG post. “It's a lot of sober flying. Lots of sober talk. A lot of things they face bluntly and head on. I honestly don't know what will happen when I get to a year sober. I don't know if sobriety is forever or not, but I can't imagine going back to the way things were.
“Dying at the airport or my emotions being more intense than I needed to be was bad. I feel more in control of my emotions. More stable. Happier. More alertness. More secure. More accepting of things I can't control and more responsible for things I can.
“I'm less anxious socially and when I'm ready to go, I go. I recognize my threshold with things and apply boundaries. I don't find partying interesting anymore :/ maybe I'm changing and this is deeper than alcohol. I like to do casual sweet things. I'm a cold bitch, I got it.”
She added: “Accepting help and realizing I'm not the best traveler on my own has been a game changer. Well now I have help and that helps. Having help is okay.
“I love waking up without a hangover or embarrassment. I like waking up without night terrors and panic attacks from drinking.”
Knock for her.
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Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty
