Jessica Simpson Celebrates 6 Years Of Sobriety
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00:00 Jessica Simpson is proudly celebrating being six years sober.
00:03 The singer honored the milestone on November 2nd with a throwback photo of herself from
00:08 the beginning of her journey in 2017.
00:10 The mom of three regularly commemorates the personal landmark, sharing the same photo
00:14 for her four-year sober anniversary in 2021 and writing in her Instagram caption at the
00:20 time, "I can't believe it has been four years.
00:23 It feels like maybe two.
00:25 I think that is a good thing.
00:26 Ha.
00:27 There is so much stigma around the word 'alcoholism' or the label of an alcoholic.
00:32 The real work that needed to be done in my life was to actually accept failure, pain,
00:36 brokenness and self-sabotage.
00:38 The drinking wasn't the issue.
00:39 I was.
00:40 I didn't love myself.
00:41 I didn't respect my own power.
00:43 Today I do.
00:44 I have made nice with the fears and I have accepted the parts of my life that are just
00:48 sad.
00:49 I own my personal power with soulful courage.
00:51 I am wildly honest and comfortably open.
00:54 I am free."
00:55 And last year, she posted an Instagram video of herself singing in her studio and shared
00:59 what inspires her to keep up her sobriety.
01:01 Penning, "I needed to be in my studio today because this is where I ground myself and
01:06 heal.
01:07 As much as I have learned to block out destructive noise, people's comments and judgments can
01:10 still hurt deeply with their incessant nagging, 'you will never be good enough.'
01:15 The most important thing I have learned through the last five years without alcohol being
01:18 a guard for escapism is that I can and always will get through it.
01:23 I am capable of pretty much anything I care enough about to put my mind to.
01:27 I am present.
01:28 I am deeply inspired.
01:29 I am determined.
01:30 I am honest."
01:31 For her newest inspirational post, the With You Songsters posted a selfie of her and her
01:35 eldest daughter, 11-year-old Maxwell, writing in the caption, "Choose to be kind today
01:41 because you never know how much someone might need it," with three green heart emojis.
01:46 Along with Maxwell, Jessica is mobbed to 10-year-old son Ace and 4-year-old daughter Birdie, whom
01:50 she all shares with her husband, Eric Johnson.
01:53 The couple are coming up on their 10-year wedding anniversary in 2024, and Access Hollywood's
01:58 Kit Hoover chatted with the Public Affairs singer back in August about their long-lasting
02:03 love.
02:04 "Was it love at first sight?"
02:05 "It was love at first sight.
02:06 It was infatuation at first sight.
02:08 And there was something so peaceful and gentle about him that I had never experienced in
02:14 a man.
02:16 Just something so gracious and gentle, like I wanted to understand him, you know?
02:23 And I felt protected and safe with him and supported."
02:25 "How would you say it coming up on 10 years to reflect back?
02:28 What's the key?"
02:29 "Well, obviously, I mean, I feel like a lot of people say the key is communication, but
02:35 it's also communication as friends.
02:39 Like, I think you have to be best friends.
02:41 I mean, you're doing everything in life together, you know?
02:45 But it is good to keep the romance there, even with three kids on top of our head.
02:51 It's hard, but he'll leave me little notes, because he'll wake up earlier than me.
02:56 He'll leave me little letters.
02:58 There's a lot of things like, 'I can't wait to get my hands on him later.'
03:01 So I think that you have to have those little things as a couple that are just between you
03:06 two."
03:07 "I like that.
03:08 You have to make the time, because you've got three kids, the three dogs.
03:12 It's hard to prioritize.
03:13 You have to make it a priority."
03:14 "Yes, and now it's like our kids are so old, it's like, 'Wow, they're going to walk in
03:18 on hanky-panky time.'
03:19 Okay, so what do we do?
03:20 How do we do this?
03:21 Where do we go?"
03:22 "Has it ever happened?"
03:23 "Yeah, it has, but I think we're in denial about it, as is the child.
03:32 So it's not really been something that we've talked about, although I did just have to
03:37 fill in one of, like my middle child, in on certain things.
03:42 But he luckily has not walked in.
03:45 I think he would stand there and be like, 'What are you doing?'
03:49 He would literally talk to us."
03:53 "Yeah."
04:05 (upbeat music)