Kristen Bell Honors Dax Shepard's Sober Birthday: 5 Other Stars Who've Remained Sober
Kristen Bell opened up about why she chooses to honor husband Dax Shepard's sobriety birthday after he got sober in September 2004.
"I'm very happy he was born so I celebrate his birthday, but I'm extraordinarily [happy] that he has stayed sober because that's what allows me to have him in my life as a husband and as a father," Bell, 38, told People for Friday's issue.
Shepard, 44, claimed the Good Place star makes a bigger deal out of his "sober birthday" compared to his actual birthday. He explained this to People, saying: "The nicest presents she's gotten me are always on my sober birthday. In fact, my real birthday—I still haven't gotten a present!"
Shepard has been vocal about remaining sober over the years, but he's not the only high-profile celebrity to detail their journey to sobriety.
Rob Lowe
Lowe got sober at 26 and has maintained his sobriety for 28 years. The 55-year-old Parks and Recreation alum spoke to Men's Health in January about his sobriety and claimed to have swapped alcohol for exercise, saying: "It became an outlet for all of the tension, stresses, compulsivity. I funneled the addiction, frankly, into that."
Robert Downey Jr.
Downey Jr. was infamously found asleep in a neighbor's home under the influence of drugs one month after being arrested for heroin and cocaine possession in 1996. He addressed his sobriety with Vanity Fair in 2014, saying: "Job one is get out of that cave. A lot of people do get out but don't change."
Lana Del Rey
Rey, born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, opened up to British GQ in 2012 about being sent to boarding school at 14 to get sober. She considered herself to be "a big drinker" as she recognized the darker side to her ways. "At first it’s fine and you think you have a dark side—it's exciting—and then you realize the dark side wins every time if you decide to indulge in it," she said.
Jamie Lee Curtis
Curtis, 60, reached 20 years of sobriety in February after hiding a decade-long opioid addiction. In October 2018, she told People: "Getting sober remains my single greatest accomplishment…bigger than my husband, bigger than both of my children, and bigger than any work, success, failure. Anything."
Naomi Campbell
The 48-year-old British supermodel opened up about joining Narcotics Anonymous over her former drug addiction at the Fortune Most Powerful Women International Summit in 2017. Campbell said she "chose to pick up the phone and make that call and I chose the place I wanted to go."
