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Adele shares journey to sobriety after becoming ‘borderline alcoholic’

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<p>British singer Adele revealed that she officially bid her farewell to drinking alcohol.</p><p>While performing at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, the 35-year-old singer opened up about her journey to sobriety.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-3" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyIDt-aga79/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A3%2C%22os%22%3A369540.60000002384%2C%22ls%22%3A234686.5%2C%22le%22%3A234689.90000000596%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="567" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-3" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Adele was chatting with a beverage-consuming concertgoer about their “pint of whiskey sour” when she said that she “stopped drinking quite a while ago.”</p><p>“It feels like forever. Maybe like three and a half months ago?&quot; Adele shared.</p><div><br/></div><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display:flex;max-width:550px;width:100%;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" style="position:static;visibility:visible;width:550px;height:372px;display:block;flex-grow:1" title="Twitter Tweet" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1713090253941010446&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aent-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2023-10-23T07%3A15%3A40.234407%3A7c293507-b1b0-4a27-b5ad-e6e74e067bff%26action%3Dedit&amp;sessionId=84f6c36a593644ae15a43397361c94b51b5d3f47&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px" data-tweet-id="1713090253941010446"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8"></script><div><br/></div><p>The singer also said that she found it “boring” before she revealed: “I mean, I was literally a borderline alcoholic for quite a lot of my twenties.”</p><p>She went on: “I  miss it so much, I cut out caffeine, so enjoy your whiskey sour, I&#x27;m very, very jealous.” which made her audience laugh out loud.</p><p>In an interview with US Vogue last October 2021, the Grammy-winning singer shared that she became a ”seven-nights-a-week wine drinker” during the lockdown.</p><p>She also revealed that her drinking habit tends to become “earlier and earlier” each day.</p><p>She said: “My first emergency run at the grocery store was for Whispering Angel and ketchup. She jokingly added: “Whispering Angel turned me into a barking dog. It did not make me whisper.”</p><p>“I’ve always had a very close relationship with alcohol. I was always very fascinated by alcohol. It’s what kept my dad from me. So I always wanted to know what was so great about it,&quot; she continued.</p><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-4" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/CyaGLR3uR9w/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fent-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A4%2C%22os%22%3A370825.2000000179%2C%22ls%22%3A234686.5%2C%22le%22%3A234689.90000000596%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="881" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-4" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>She then said that she quickly became aware of how “different characters come out when drunk” which will make her vulnerable to the media and make a story out of it.</p><p>“They descend, and descend, and descend on you, which drives you fucking mad,&quot; she said.</p><p>The &quot;Easy On Me&quot; singer also spoke in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 about how she was “probably keeping the alcohol industry alive” after her divorce from her ex-husband in 2019</p><p>Adele was in a relationship with entrepreneur Simon Konecki whom she met in 2011. The two have one son who was born in 2012.</p><p>As per The Guardian, the British singer also told Oprah that she had stopped drinking after her estranged father died in May 2021.</p><p>“That’s one great way of really sort of getting to know yourself, is just drinking water and being sober as anything,&quot; she said.</p><p>Meanwhile, the singer&#x27;s Weekends with Adele residency show will conclude on November 4.</p><div><br/></div><p>By: Nikka Sabio</p>