«StI’ve been in rehab, and now I’m sober: I haven’t done drugs for 4 months». For Dear Delevingne, which in recent months had aroused strong concerns about his health, it is a change of gear. The 30-year-old British model in September had been filmed wandering through the Los Angeles airport barefoot and clearly dazed. A few days later she had locked herself in the house and her closest friends, after visiting her, had gone away upset. Just those images taken at the airport, the model said now, convinced her that it was time to face the problem.
Cara Delevingne: What happened
Cara Delevingne told American Voguewho dedicated the April cover to her, which sometimes you need a “reality check». Initially, she admitted, she had dismissed those photos by explaining that “I hadn’t slept”, and that her appearance seemed scruffy only because she had just returned from Burning Man after an intense summer of celebrations (for her 30th birthday and holidays in Ibiza), and was traveling for work. “It was heartbreaking, why I thought I was having fun. But at one point I thought: “ok, I don’t look good”». Sometimes, the model reflects, «there is a need to get back in touch with reality. So, in a sense, those pictures were something to be thankful for, even if in hindsight the attention of the press “makes everything worse for those who go through these moments”.
When I do drugs I feel invincible
Those photos, therefore, shamed her and set alarm bells ringing. «When I do drugs I feel invinciblebut in those moments I put myself in danger because I don’t care about my life. And for the people who love you, it’s scary. I thought I was having fun, but now I know that if I continued in that direction, I would either die or do something really stupid.”
I realized that rehab was for the best
Thus, supported by her friends, «I realized that getting into rehab was the best thing to do, and I didn’t have to be ashamed of it. It was something I’ve always been very afraid of, but the community has made a huge difference. The opposite of addiction is connection, and I found that out in 12 steps (reference is to 12-Step Support Group Therapy, developed by Alcoholics Anonymous, ed)”.
Cara Delevingne then said she spent Christmas and New Years sober with the girlfriend Leah Mason “having a lot of fun”. And she has started incorporating meditation and movement into her yoga practice which she does twice a day. “Now my energy isn’t so erratic anymore. I am more serene. I’m calmer». But she clarified that even though “people want my story to be special, and for me to just say, ‘Oh look, I was a drug addict and now I’m sober’, in reality it’s not that simple, it doesn’t happen overnight.” other”.
We are human: we fall and make mistakes
The process, he explained, has “its ups and downs”. And «obviously I too would like things to be instantaneous. I think especially this generation, my generation, always want things to happen fast. But I had to stop and dig deeper.”
And on Instagram he says that «Every story is important, but this is mine. We are all human. Obviously we fall and make mistakes, and we go through really tough times in life. But that’s how we get back up.” Finally, in his post, he sends a message: «To anyone out there who is still struggling I say: “don’t give up, you are not alone”».
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