Lily Allen Says Sobriety Has Kept Her Alive

Lily Allen has claimed that getting sober has kept her alive.

The popstar who found fame in 2006 following the release of her single 'Smile', was known for her wild partying lifestyle, with her track a hit on the party scene.

However, the singer who is married to Stranger Things star David Harbour, decided to go completely teetotal almost four years ago, a decision she has claimed saved her life.

"Oh my goodness. Sobriety has just changed my life immeasurably", Allen said. "I don't think I'd be married to my husband. I don't think that my kids (with ex-husband Sam Cooper) would be thriving in the way that they are. I don't think that I'd have gone into finding acting and how much I enjoy that. I definitely wouldn't be getting as much sleep. I go to the gym four times a week. Pretty much every aspect of my life has changed as a result of my sobriety". 

"I actually don't even know if I'd be alive if I'm honest if I hadn't got sober", Allen continued. "So yeah, that's definitely at the top of my gratitude list when I go to bed every night is my sobriety". 

"a complex relationship"

Lily Allen can be found on screen as she stars in Sky Atlantic comedy Dreamland, where she confronts her past with alcohol and drugs, as she plays the character Mel in the family-set series.

"I've definitely had quite a complex relationship with drugs and alcohol throughout my life", she said. "It was actually really hard. There's one scene in particular, it's a flashback to the night in question where everything goes wrong for Mel, and she makes a really, really monumentally bad decision, although it's not really a decision, it just happens. And yeah, I could definitely relate to that". 

It was at this point that Lily Allen revealed to Glamour Magazine that she has been sober for nearly four years.

"But it was really, really difficult. I've been sober now for nearly four years. And it was incredibly triggering actually to go back to that kind of a night. Yeah. I did not find it remotely enjoyable at all. I do not miss drinking and drug taking in the slightest", she stated.