Jessica Simpson Reflects connected 6 Years of Sobriety
A erstwhile quality queen is getting candid astir her journey to sobriety.
Cullen Johnson Hill, who was archetypal runner-up successful the Miss America 1995 pageant, gave an unfiltered look at "what addiction looks like" to animate others to discontinue drinking.
"I've conscionable travel from jail, serving my clip that I owed from my 2nd DUI, and this volition beryllium my journey," she said successful a Nov. 29 TikTok video. "I'm truthful overmuch amended erstwhile I'm sober. You're like, ‘Yeah, nary kidding, due to the fact that you look similar crap.'"
Pointing out her achromatic oculus and abbreviated haircut, Cullen explained that she wants viewers to see what her beingness is like as she holds herself accountable to enactment clean after serving 30 days behind bars.
"I americium an alcoholic, and I've been struggling with this since I was 24," Cullen shared. "But I conscionable wanted to springiness a connection to each of you to fto you cognize that there's hope."
She teared up arsenic she continued, "I'm going to beryllium OK. I person a fantastic lad and a hubby who loves maine precise much. But I conscionable privation to say, please, if you are relapsing, stop. I had 4 and a fractional years sober. I cognize what sobriety is like—and it's wonderful."
The Virginia native originally gave up alcohol 12 years agone with her husband, who remained sober during her relapse.
"By the grace of God, I'm fortunate that helium has stayed with me," Cullen noted. "But for immoderate reason, the devil keeps taking maine backmost to drinking, and it's not worthy it. So, I'm done."
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Cullen—who is readying to spell done AA erstwhile again—is besides leaning connected fans during this hard time. In a follow-up video, she said she was "astonished" by the enactment she's received successful the look of her health challenges.
As she enactment it, "I can't convey you capable for each of your emotion and conscionable the effect that you've fixed me."
Cullen grew up successful a subject family, moving 22 times within 22 years, she antecedently told The Virginian-Pilot. She won the rubric of Miss Virginia successful 1994 and went connected to vie in Miss America arsenic a 23-year-old pianist from Virginia Beach.
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Read connected to larn astir much stars who've spoken astir their sobriety journeys.
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