Bella Hadid has opened up about why she's stopped drinking.
The model revealed the reasons behind her decision to cut out alcohol six months ago in a new InStyle interview. She explained that once she reviewed scans from her doctor that showed the effects of alcohol on her brain, it became "a lot harder to pick up the glass."
"I have done my fair share of drinking," she said. "I loved alcohol and it got to the point where even I started to, you know, cancel nights out that I felt like I wouldn't be able to control myself."
Last September, Hadid became a partner in the nonalcoholic, adaptogenic drink brand Kin Euphorics, which promises to help alleviate stress and anxiety. The star told InStyle that the brand's Lightwave, a stress-relieving drink with notes of lavender, vanilla, and passionflower, helped her stop drinking.
"I don't feel the need [to drink alcohol] because I know how it will affect me at 3 in the morning when I wake up with horrible anxiety thinking about that one thing I said five years ago when I graduated high school," she added. "There's just this never-ending effect of, essentially, you know, pain and stress over those few drinks that didn't really do much, you know?"
"I drink [Lightwave] when I have crippling anxiety and I can't leave my house or when I'm not gonna drink alcohol but still want to loosen up and be able to speak to people and socialize," she added.
The model has shared more candid posts about her mental health struggles on social media over the past year. In a recent interview with WSJ. Magazine, she shared that she's learned to cope via journaling rituals and staying vulnerable online. She also said she began posting pics to that showed her emotional side with the intent of being more vulnerable with fans.
"[When I posted them] it was to make sure that anybody that was feeling that way knew it was OK to feel that way," she said. "I felt like it was just good for me to be able to speak my truth and at some point I wasn't able to post nice pretty pictures anymore. I was over it."
"I had a lot of people that have reached out saying, 'I feel that way too.' Walking outside, being able to remember there are so many people going through things and have similar patterns to me, it makes me feel better," she added.
Quinci LeGardye is an LA-based freelance writer who covers culture, politics, and mental health through a Black feminist lens. When she isn’t writing or checking Twitter, she’s probably watching the latest K-drama or giving a concert performance in her car.
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