Chrissy Teigen celebrates 52 days sober as she reveals she's quit alcohol again after she fell back into old habits and started 'drinking wine at 11am'

Chrissy Teigen is celebrating 52 days of sobriety after letting alcohol creep back into her life following a lengthy five year abstinence. 

The TV personality, 40, originally gave up drinking in December 2020, but admits she slipped back into a pattern of regular drinking late last year which saw her indulging in wine at 11am. 

She now credits Summer House star Carl Radke, who shared his own sobriety story on her Self-Conscious podcast, with changing her life.

In a lengthy Instagram post, she wrote: 'I am grateful to @carlradke. Not for just all the years on Bravo he has blessed us with, but because of his honesty and openness around his own journey with sobriety.

'As you know, I’ve had my own. After being sober for a little over a year, I went back to drinking. I promised myself it would be in a “mindful” way. 

'I wanted to be able to have a glass of wine on a date night with my husband. To be able to toast on birthdays. How lucky I am to have the life I have - I want to enjoy it!

'And I think that was my first problem. Tying drinking to reward or like some sort of life prize. Soon it became the kind of drinking I’m all too familiar with.' 

She added: 'Quiet moments at home were for wine. The time went from 6pm, to 5, to 4, to aw hell, it’s lunch, why not. When it got to 11am, I was like, oh f***, here we go again.

'And I know. I’m a whole a** mom. We aren’t talking the kind of drinking where you slur your words and miss a step on the stairs. It was just quiet and consistent. And god, I felt like s***. 

'I missed being able to pick up my keys for a last-minute grocery run. But it wasn’t messy enough yet to stop.' 

Chrissy - who has four children with husband John Legend - had a new job on Star Search and she didn't want to mess it up.

She went on: 'Within the same week of talking to Carl, I stopped drinking again. I had been in talks for Star Search and knew that if I were given the incredible chance to be on the show, there was absolutely no f****** way I’d do it with alcohol in my dressing room."

Chrissy noted how it feels different this time around.

She said: 'I think the biggest difference between now and the first time is that there’s no pomp around it. The first time I put my foot down, it was EXCITING. The momentum was fun and kept me going on the right track. 

'The second time… I dunno. I dunno if everyone around you kind of loses faith or if you do yourself, or a mix of both. Or maybe no one wants to get too excited. Like an old boyfriend you talked so much s*** about to your friends, then you get back together with them and everyone just stops caring because who knowwwwws what’s gonna happen next. [sic]' 

She continued: 'Anyhow, this is long! But I’m 52 days sober again with no desire to turn back. 

'Turns out, without it, I can still be funny. Still be stupid. Still be wildly nervous. Anxious as a mother f*****. And I can get through it all without it.

'I love you guys. Thank you for listening!! Enjoy our talk, because it changed my life. No big deal.'