Kelly Osbourne is celebrating a birthday and a recovery milestone this week: She’s now five months sober after experiencing a relapse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Today marks my 37th birthday and I’m 5 months sober!!!” Osbourne wrote on Instagram. “I am filled with so much gratitude it’s almost overwhelming! 💜” Alongside the caption, she shared a photo of herself with a strawberry birthday cake and a screenshot of the Twelve Steps app confirming her sobriety milestone.
Over the years, Osbourne has been open about the ups and downs of her alcohol and drug use as well as her recovery journey. Previously, she had been sober for about four years. But in a June episode of Red Table Talk, Osbourne revealed that she had gradually slid back into problematic drinking behaviors during the pandemic.
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“For the first two days I could handle just having one drink, but it was because I sat there and was like, ‘You’re only having one drink, you’re going to prove to everyone that you're normal now and you can do this,’” she said in the interview. “And all of a sudden everything’s falling apart.”
Osbourne said that she tends to be a “closet drinker” and keeps those behaviors from others. So it was, of course, frustrating and painful to realize that she needed to cut back and get honest with herself and those around her. But it was also an opportunity to examine where she still holds past trauma, she said.
With the support of her loved ones, including her brother Jack, Osbourne entered outpatient treatment and focused on building up other self-care behaviors, such as breathwork. And, five months later, it seems like that hard work is paying off.
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