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Ari
Lennox
Ari
Lennox
is
celebrating
a
personal
milestone:
sobriety.
Spotted
on
HipHopDX,
the
Dreamville
songstress
got
emotional
with
her
fans
when
talking
about
being
sober
for
a
year.
In
her
emotional
post,
the
“Pressure”
crafter
reflected
on
her
past
self
and
how
far
she
has
come
since
she
stopped
drinking
heavily.
On
Monday,
December
18th,
Lennox
shared
photos
and
a
heartfelt
message
about
her
journey,
leading
to
a
much
healthier
look.
Per
HipHopDX:
“You
see,
drinking
was
my
ritual
to
combat
my
immense
fear
of
flying,”
she
wrote
before
going
into
detail
about
a
near-death
experience
wherein
she
drank
far
too
much.
“‘Just
alcohol’
could’ve
killed
me.
I
had
many
guardian
angels
watching
over
me
that
day.
Thank
God
there
was
nobody
filming
(I
pray
and
hope
[crying
emoji,
side-eye
emoji])
it
was
pretty
divine.”
She
added:
“I
decided
December
18th
2022,
would
be
the
day
I
got
clean.
You
know
what
I
realized
after
1
year
of
many
sober
flights?
I
never
needed
alcohol
to
get
through
the
flight.
I
thought
I
needed
alcohol
to
escape
my
reality
and
to
cope.
I
needed
an
excuse
to
drink
and
not
feel
the
pain
of
every
day
life
and
trauma.
It
was
my
numbing
vacation
to
avoid
my
purpose
and
my
truth.
“Thank
you
to
my
fans.
I
love
when
yall
share
with
me
your
sober
dreams
and
fetes.
It
makes
me
so
emotional.
I’m
so
proud
of
you
and
I
love
you
all
so
much.
We
can
do
this.”
It’s
Been
A
Long
Journey
For
Ari
Lennox
This
latest
update
on
her
sobriety
comes
after
she
celebrated
seven
months
of
putting
down
the
bottle,
mentioning
times
when
she
passed
out
in
airports
after
drinking
and
now
being
in
more
control
of
her
emotions
in
a
now-deleted
post.
“7
months
sober.”
Lennox
wrote
in
the
July
IG
post.
“That’s
a
lot
of
sober
flights.
A
lot
of
sober
conversations.
A
lot
of
facing
things
raw
and
head
on.
Honestly
I
don’t
know
what
will
happen
when
I
reach
a
year
sober.
Don’t
know
if
sobriety
is
forever
or
not
but
I
can’t
imagine
going
back
to
how
things
were.
“Passing
out
in
the
airport
or
having
my
emotions
more
heightened
than
needed
smh
shit
was
bad.
I
feel
more
in
control
of
my
emotions.
More
stable.
More
happy.
More
alert.
More
safe.
More
accepting
of
things
I
can’t
control
and
more
responsible
with
things
I
can.
“I
have
less
anxiety
socially
and
when
I’m
ready
to
go,
I
go.
I
recognize
my
threshold
with
things
and
implement
boundaries.
I
don’t
find
interest
in
partying
anymore
:/
maybe
I’m
changing
and
that’s
deeper
than
alcohol.
I
like
doing
chill
sweet
things.
I’m
a
chill
bitch
I
realized.”
She
added,
“Accepting
help
and
realizing
I’m
not
the
best
traveler
on
my
own
has
been
a
game
changer.
So
now
I
have
help
and
that
helps.
Having
help
is
ok.
“I
like
waking
up
with
no
hangover
or
embarrassment.
I
like
waking
up
with
no
night
terrors
and
panic
attacks
from
liquor.”
Clap
for
her.
—
Photo:
Erika
Goldring
/
Getty
