Louise Thompson celebrates reaching five years of sobriety
The 36-year-old, who is now a mum-of-one, took to Instagram to celebrate reaching the milestone, although said she’s “never really seen it as an accomplishment”, but a “non-negotiable".
Former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has marked five years of sobriety, after admitting she used to only feel confident when she was drunk.
The 36-year-old, who is now a mum-of-one, took to Instagram to celebrate reaching the milestone, although said she’s “never really seen it as an accomplishment”, but a “non-negotiable".
She continued: “It was something I had to do in order to survive through my trauma and to build a life that actually felt sustainable. Especially now I need to be a responsible parent. But saying five years out loud feels quite emotional, because there was a time where I genuinely didn't think I could go a week without alcohol.”
Louise said that drinking was “completely normalised” around her - from nights out, long lunches, and celebrations.
She added: “And going against that, especially when everyone around you is still doing it, is incredibly hard.”
Louise said she also “drank constantly” on Made in Chelsea, which she starred on from 2011 to 2020, which didn’t help.
She wrote: “The truth is, I only really felt confident when I was drunk. It gave me this temporary version of myself that felt louder, braver and more interesting.
“But the reality behind the scenes was really quite chaotic.”
Further explaining the “chaos”, Louise recalled how she’d had her car seized three times because she’s parked it somewhere and was “too drunk” to go and collect it.
She also “woke up in random places, let people down and lost important things”.
Louise also blamed her dependence on alcohol for damaging her relationships, clouding her judgement and slowly pulling you “further and further away from the person you actually are”.
Now she no longer drinks, Louise considers herself “calmer, more present, more honest” with a family which is “now one of the most solid and important parts of my life”.
She concluded: “Five years ago I stopped drinking and slowly, quietly, life started to feel a lot bigger than alcohol ever made it seem."
Louise has had her fair share of health traumas over the years, and now lives with a colostomy bag after years of battling ulcerative colitis.
