{"id":4632,"date":"2020-06-24T14:29:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editor.hellogiggles.com\/?p=2649380"},"modified":"2020-06-24T14:29:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:29:58","slug":"miley-cyrus-is-six-months-sober-and-shes-speaking-out-about-the-judgment-she-feels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozapp.com.au\/?p=4632","title":{"rendered":"Miley Cyrus is six months sober\u2014and she\u2019s speaking out about the judgment she feels"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<hgroup>\n<h1>Miley Cyrus is six months sober\u2014and she&#8217;s speaking out about the judgment she feels<\/h1>\n<\/hgroup>\n<figure> <a rel=\"attachment att-2649431\" href=\"http:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/?attachment_id=2649431\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" alt=\"Miley Cyrus is six months sober\u2014and she&#8217;s speaking out about the judgment she feels\" src=\"https:\/\/images.hellogiggles.com\/uploads\/2020\/06\/24102502\/miley-cyrus-sober.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"628\"\/> <\/a> <\/figure>\n<div class=\"hg-video-embed\"><video data-video-id=\"6166950503001\" data-account=\"4607804089001\" data-player=\"default\" data-embed=\"default\" data-stickyplay=\"desktop\" data-autoplay=\"true\" class=\"video-js brightcove-shortcode\" controls playsinline ><\/video><script src=\"\/\/cdn.video.timeinc.com\/jumpstart\/v2\/js\/jumpstart.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/celebrity\/miley-cyrus-tattoos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Miley Cyrus<\/a> has always been honest about her relationship with drugs and alcohol. Remember that 2017 Jimmy Fallon interview when Cyrus said she&#8217;s &#8220;always been very stoned&#8221;? The singer was formerly a big proponent for marijuana, but it sounds like she&#8217;s trying to put those days behind her. In an <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/podcasts\/miley-cyrus-black-mirror-britney-spears-sobriety-1234645223\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview with<em> Variety<\/em><\/a>, Cyrus talked about the surgery that pushed her to become sober, and she revealed that she has stayed sober for the past six months\u2014but it hasn&#8217;t been without challenges.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, Cyrus underwent an intense vocal cord surgery which prompted her to get sober so she could focus on her voice and music. &#8220;It\u2019s been really important for me over the last year living a sober lifestyle, because I really wanted to polish up my craft,&#8221; she <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/tv\/podcasts\/miley-cyrus-black-mirror-britney-spears-sobriety-1234645223\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">told <em>Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When journalist Marc Malkin asked Cyrus to elaborate on the &#8220;sober lifestyle&#8221; she referenced, the singer put an exact timeline to her sobriety.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"hg-subheader\">&#8220;I\u2019ve been <em>sober<\/em> sober for the past six months,&#8221; Cyrus said.<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;At the beginning, it was just about this vocal surgery,&#8221; she said, but added that it has been a process of delving into herself and her family history to see sobriety as more than that: &#8220;I did a lot of family history, which has a lot of addiction and mental health challenges,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So just going through that and asking, &#8216;Why am I the way that I am?&#8217;&#8221; Cyrus continued. &#8220;By understanding the past, we understand the present and the future much more clearly. I think therapy is great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><\/div>\n<p>Although she seems content with her new lifestyle, as a 27-year-old\u2014in Hollywood, no less\u2014Cyrus has felt the challenges of people&#8217;s perception of sobriety.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"hg-subheader\">\u201cIt\u2019s really hard because especially being young, there\u2019s that stigma of \u2018you\u2019re no fun.\u2019 It\u2019s like, \u2018honey, you can call me a lot of things, but I know that I\u2019m fun.\u2019&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The thing that I love about it is waking up 100%, 100% of the time,&#8221; Cyrus continued. &#8220;I don\u2019t want to wake up feeling groggy. I want to wake up feeling ready.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cyrus has been vulnerable about mental health, especially during the past few months as she debuted her <a href=\"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/news\/demi-lovato-miley-cyrus-body-image-social-distancing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram Live show <em>Bright Minded<\/em><\/a>. Her vulnerability surrounding addiction, substance abuse, and mental health matters is refreshing to hear\u2014and for the record: We would never say Miley doesn&#8217;t seem fun.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/news\/miley-cyrus-sober\/\">Miley Cyrus is six months sober\u2014and she&#8217;s speaking out about the judgment she feels<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\">HelloGiggles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/hellogiggles.com\/news\/miley-cyrus-sober\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miley Cyrus is six months sober\u2014and she&#8217;s speaking out about the judgment she feels Miley Cyrus has always been honest about her relationship with drugs and alcohol. Remember that 2017 Jimmy Fallon interview when Cyrus said she&#8217;s &#8220;always been very stoned&#8221;? 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