Lucy Hale has found a new way to have fun without drinking

Lucy Hale learned to stop "avoiding things" in her second year of sobriety.

The 35-year-old actress decided to give up alcohol for good in January 2022 and more than two-and-a-half years later has reflected that it was only recently that she decided to start going out socialising again whilst still staying off the drink.

Speaking on 'The Drew Barrymore Show' she said: "It was two years January 2nd. Something happens at the two years, at least for me anyway. I feel like the first year, I was just like 'Okay, stay safe, stay home...' Certain elements of my life fell away, and new people came into my life. But I feel like my second year, I was having fun, I gave a new definition to fun. It just looks different these days, I was going out, I was going to the dinners, and I wasn't avoiding anything."

The former 'Pretty Little Liars' star noted that she now feels "safe" within herself again and wouldn't go back to her old ways for "anything " but just wishes more people would speak out on issues that sometimes make them uncomfortable.

"She said: You can trust yourself again. For me, I just feel safe in my body again. I wouldn't give this feeling up for anything. It's amazing, it's a ripple effect. And if more people in general, but especially women, can show the dirty, gross parts that we don't wanna talk about, then I think that is beautiful and so cool."