Famous model and actress Cara Delevingne has admitted that she first got drunk at the age of eight.

During the interview, she spoke openly about her own mental health and addiction issues. The Sunday Times It was released on Sunday, and Delevingne recalled attending her aunt's wedding in 2001, reaching for a drink and feeling the effects.

“I was drunk that day,” she said. “I was 8 years old, which is a crazy age to be drunk,” Delevingne told The Times.

Delevingne has since spoken openly about her struggle to maintain sobriety and faced a public battle with drug addiction. already checked She will enter a rehabilitation facility in late 2022 and is committed to maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

“I like meetings, so I go when I can,” she said.

“Some people might say I don't go there often, but I do it my way and it works. Everyone is different,” she told The Times.

“You can do it a million times and it won't work. Some people do it once and then quit. Some people do it when they don't need to.”

She reflected on how dramatically her life has changed since she decided to get sober.

“I thought drugs and alcohol would help me, but instead they were making me sad and extremely depressed,” she told the Times. “I feel like I'm taking my power back and not being controlled by other things.”

She is now at the stage where she can be around people who are drinking and partying while still maintaining control.

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“I love being around people who are drinking. I don't feel bad when I drink,” she says.

“I've done more in the last two years than I ever have before – Glastonbury, Burning Man, Coachella,” she told the Times, revealing that she's still having fun and not fallen into any bad habits.

The star has taken a big step to help others who similarly struggle with addiction and are looking for alternatives.

In 2018, Delevingne and her sisters Chloe and Poppy launched Della Vite Zero, an alcohol-free sparkling rosé.

“I didn't want to do this because I'm sober now, but because I wanted an alternative,” she said. (Related:
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“I go out to dinner and I drink seven ginger beers and I get a sugar hangover and a headache and I end up feeling awful, which is really stupid,” the famous actress said. “I wanted to give people like me the option.”