Cheryl Burkeis vowing to continue putting her sobriety first.
TheDancing with the Starspro, 38, appears on Wednesday’s episode of Facebook Watch’sRed Table Talk, opening up to co-hostsJada Pinkett SmithandAdrienne Banfield Norrisabout being a recovering addict.
“I used alcohol to numb,” Burke said on the show. “I’m an addict. I was a functioning addict. It was when Iwasn’tdrinking that people were like, ‘What’s wrong with you?'”
She explained that although she’s been sober for four years, it’s been difficult recently amid her public divorce ex-husbandMatthew Lawrence.
“It’s not easy right now, especially during this divorce. It’s waving at me,” she said. “I didn’t want this. My parents got divorced and I would’ve loved to not have, so that wasn’t the plan. I’m not proud of it, for sure. But then there’s also a point where I need to put myself first and my sobriety first.”
Burke added that she’s been taking her sobriety journey “one day at a time, one minute at a time.”
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Burke celebrated four years of sobriety back in August with aTikTokvideo.
“Realizing I just celebrated 4 years of MY SOBRIETY 🙏,” she wrote in the 11-second video, responding to an on-screen prompt that asked her, “What am I celebrating?”
The video featured Burke posing in various jackets and sunglasses over several visual transitions, all set to an ofBillie Eilish’s hit song “Bad Guy.” Burke simply left 🎉🙏🏼🎉🙏🏼 emojis in her caption for the TikTok, along with the hashtags “#soberlife,” “#onedayatatime,” “#soberbirthday” and “#sobrietyrocks,” among others.
The dancer previously said in an episode of herBurke in the Gamepodcast that it’s been helpful for her to go public with her sobriety struggles because “once you call it out, the shame goes away.”
The Facebook Watch original seriesRed Table Talkairs new episodes every Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET/9 a.m. PT.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
source: people.com
