{"id":74512,"date":"2021-11-02T01:36:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T01:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=74512"},"modified":"2021-11-02T01:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T01:36:20","slug":"jessica-simpson-marks-4-years-sobriety-unrecognizable-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=74512","title":{"rendered":"Jessica Simpson marks 4 years of sobriety with &#8216;unrecognizable&#8217; photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Simpson honored a milestone in her sobriety journey with an \u201cunrecognizable\u201d photo of herself.<\/p>\n<p>Marking four years without alcohol, Simpson, 41, wrote\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CVvfEL1rRIV\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Instagram<\/a>\u00a0Monday that the \u201cversion\u201d of herself depicted in the picture is a person who had yet to undergo the necessary healing from past traumas.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThis person in the early morning of Nov 1, 2017 is an unrecognizable version of myself. I had so much self discovery to unlock and explore,\u201d she captioned the photo, which shows her makeup-free and seemingly crying while wearing a pink tracksuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew in this very moment I would allow myself to take back my light, show victory over my internal battle of self respect, and brave this world with piercing clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOpen Book\u201d author knew she needed to quit drinking alcohol because she was \u201cexhausted\u201d from numbing her issues.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jessica-Simpson-e1635816910730.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1000\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone\"><figcaption>Jessica Simpson shared this \u201cunrecognizable\u201d photo of herself to mark four years of sobriety.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to feel the pain so I could carry it like a badge of honor,\u201d she explained. \u201cI wanted to live as a leader does and break cycles to advance forward- never looking back with regret and remorse over any choice I have made and would make for the rest of my time here within this beautiful world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson candidly admitted in her post that \u201cthe drinking wasn\u2019t the issue. I was,\u201d and addressed the \u201cstigma\u201d that surrounds the words \u201calcoholism\u201d and \u201calcoholic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-74514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jessica-Simpson-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jessica-Simpson-2.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Jessica-Simpson-2-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Simpson admitted in her memoir that she developed an alcohol and pill addiction from untreated trauma.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe real work that needed to be done in my life was to actually accept failure, pain, brokenness, and self sabotage,\u201d she shared. \u201c\u2026I didn\u2019t love myself. I didn\u2019t respect my own power. Today I do. I have made nice with the fears and I have accepted the parts of my life that are just sad.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI own my personal power with soulful courage,\u201d she ended her message. \u201cI am wildly honest and comfortably open. I am free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson admitted to developing\u00a0an addiction to alcohol and pills\u00a0in her 2020 memoir, in which she said her dependency was partially brought on by the trauma surrounding childhood sexual abuse that began when she was 6.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Simpson honored a milestone in her sobriety journey with an \u201cunrecognizable\u201d photo of herself. Marking four years without alcohol, Simpson, 41, wrote\u00a0on Instagram\u00a0Monday that the \u201cversion\u201d of herself depicted in the picture is a person who had yet to undergo the necessary healing from past traumas. \u201cThis person in the early morning of Nov &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74515,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[611],"tags":[1758],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jessica Simpson marks 4 years of sobriety with &#039;unrecognizable&#039; photo - TheFastFashion.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=74512\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jessica Simpson marks 4 years of sobriety with &#039;unrecognizable&#039; photo - TheFastFashion.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jessica Simpson honored a milestone in her sobriety journey with an \u201cunrecognizable\u201d photo of herself. 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