Lucy Hale

Sure.

Sure.

I am an extremist, which is a blessing and a curse, but you can't say I ever didn't like go 100% with drinking because I went. And, and the other thing is, I never knew if it was going to be fun or if it was going to be, you know, blacked out crying on the phone to, you know, someone I'm going to regret talking to. Um, but I used alcohol. Yeah. So it was a slow creep up.

I am an extremist, which is a blessing and a curse, but you can't say I ever didn't like go 100% with drinking because I went. And, and the other thing is, I never knew if it was going to be fun or if it was going to be, you know, blacked out crying on the phone to, you know, someone I'm going to regret talking to. Um, but I used alcohol. Yeah. So it was a slow creep up.

It wasn't, it was always very clear looking back in hindsight that I was a binge drinker from the beginning. Um, But I would say around like early 20s because I went to rehab at 23. Wow. Yep. And I, that didn't work. It did for a little bit, but.

It wasn't, it was always very clear looking back in hindsight that I was a binge drinker from the beginning. Um, But I would say around like early 20s because I went to rehab at 23. Wow. Yep. And I, that didn't work. It did for a little bit, but.

I mean, I do believe in the divine timing of my life. So at those moments, I did have what I needed. But I think what I really was craving was, I mean, honestly, like simply put, my connection with a higher power, my spiritual, I was spiritually broken is what I was.

I mean, I do believe in the divine timing of my life. So at those moments, I did have what I needed. But I think what I really was craving was, I mean, honestly, like simply put, my connection with a higher power, my spiritual, I was spiritually broken is what I was.

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

And that brought on more shame because even as a little kid, I was like highly connected to God. Like I remember speaking out loud and speaking to the universe and literally daydreaming about being in L.A. And I manifested that for my life. And at some point along the way, I just It's not like that left me. I cut myself off from that. That connection's always there.

And that brought on more shame because even as a little kid, I was like highly connected to God. Like I remember speaking out loud and speaking to the universe and literally daydreaming about being in L.A. And I manifested that for my life. And at some point along the way, I just It's not like that left me. I cut myself off from that. That connection's always there.

As people, we just forget, suppress, cut it off. But I think what I really needed was Well, I needed to get scared shitless is what I needed. And that's what happened when I got sober. I was scared. I was very scared. And not everyone needs that, but I needed, it was like someone was shaking me to wake up. And so I had to be so scared because I, it's not like I wanted to die. I wanted to live.

As people, we just forget, suppress, cut it off. But I think what I really needed was Well, I needed to get scared shitless is what I needed. And that's what happened when I got sober. I was scared. I was very scared. And not everyone needs that, but I needed, it was like someone was shaking me to wake up. And so I had to be so scared because I, it's not like I wanted to die. I wanted to live.

And I needed, I needed my connection with something bigger than me.

And I needed, I needed my connection with something bigger than me.

Oh, I just, I was like, do I make it out of this? Or is this going to be my life?

Oh, I just, I was like, do I make it out of this? Or is this going to be my life?

Three years ago. I'm like, is this going to be my life? Because I was just in this pattern for years and I was so physically, mentally, emotionally tired. I couldn't even, I literally couldn't even look people in the eye because I was so ashamed of who I was. Wow. Because there was just a moment in my life, all I did was wear sunglasses because I was like people see right through me.

Three years ago. I'm like, is this going to be my life? Because I was just in this pattern for years and I was so physically, mentally, emotionally tired. I couldn't even, I literally couldn't even look people in the eye because I was so ashamed of who I was. Wow. Because there was just a moment in my life, all I did was wear sunglasses because I was like people see right through me.