Cara Delavigne chose the perfect word to describe sober life

Being on an alcohol addiction cycle can feel a bit like being whipped up and down on a see-saw.

Your mood can spike so high you almost fly off, and crash so hard you feel like you’re going to fall through the earth below.

At the end, you’re always left feeling sore.

Recently, amid the fanfare that accompanied pictures of her looking frail and ill after attending the 2022 Burning Man festival, the actress and model Cara Delavigne announced she was embracing sobriety.

Since then, Delavigne has discovered what many of us former drinkers have: life is pretty good when you finally decide to hop off the alcohol see-saw.

In fact, she recently used what I think is the perfect word to describe it.

Searching for stability

Speaking with Elle UK in a recently-published interview, Delavigne admitted her sober journey hasn’t been easy. But she has never questioned whether it was worth it.

In the end, the payoff is priceless.

She told Elle:

“It’s been worth every second. I just don’t know what it would take for me to give it up.

“I am stable.

“I’m calmer.

“(I’ve learned) that I’m resilient as hell. That anything is possible.

“I think I used to say that and not believe it. But now I really believe it.”

It’s hard to think of a better word to describe my post-alcohol life than “stable”.

Yes, there are challenges, and you can definitely feel like there are some mild ups and downs when the cravings come in.

But overall, life is smooth sailing compared to the alternative.

Physically, I was always managing instability with drugs.

I’d drink at night, which would lead to dreadful, low-quality sleep. That would prompt me to guzzle caffeine throughout the next day, putting me on that never-ending, violent see-saw.

As a result, I would be left feeling either jacked up or deeply exhausted — but always super anxious — all day long.

Also, quitting delivers a new level of mental stability because your mind isn’t wrapped up in when you can drink again, what you’re going to drink, and how you can structure your day to support said drinking.

Instead, I’ve found it so much easier to live in the actual moment I’m in, rather than regretting the past or fearing the future.

I kind of just feel … good!

And isn’t that what we’re all really after at the end of the day?

What word would you use to describe the post-drinking life? Let me know in the comments!