Michelle Heaton has wowed followers with some footage taken earlier than and after her stint in rehab.
The previous Liberty X star booked herself into The Priory final 12 months to battle drug and alcohol dependancy, and is now celebrating a landmark eight months of sobriety.
She marked the event by sharing her progress with the world by an Instagram publish on Sunday evening, which confirmed her in the identical pose earlier than and after her remedy.
The primary {photograph} exhibits her with a bloated face and tummy, which she reveals within the caption was the results of a “failing” liver and pancreas.
A second picture from the New Yr’s weekend in the meantime exhibits the Brit and Emmy awards winner trying in a lot better form and with a more healthy pores and skin tone.
Discussing the progress and the way she desires to assist others to attain the identical, she wrote within the caption : “So 2021 for me was a complete load of various issues. Nevertheless it turned out to be the very best 12 months of my life – a life past my wildest desires.
“Not solely am I grateful for attaining 8 months sobriety, however my physique, thoughts and soul has been replenished with love. I needed to be taught to like myself to develop into effectively once more!
Michelle mentioned that first picture was taken on the “first day” she went into The Priory on April 27, the place she described being “scared” and “alone” — but in addition decided to “doc my journey for myself”
The star added the she is now “prepared to indicate what the physique can do” with “exhausting work” and a “clear thoughts”. Michelle gave up consuming after her day by day consumption of alcohol and medicines noticed her come “near demise”, in accordance with The Mirror.
She instructed Unfastened Ladies again in September that the “first step” to restoration was essentially the most troublesome, as “it is the toughest to confess you may have an issue and that you simply’re powerless to medicine and alcohol”.
Michelle additionally instructed followers to “look out” for information on an upcoming undertaking with husband Hugh Hanley designed to assist folks with dependancy.
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