Jessica Simpson Says Drinking Was “Silencing” Her as 3-Year Sobriety Anniversary Approaches
A few months away from the third anniversary of her sobriety, Jessica Simpson is silent no more. In her 2020 memoir, Open Book, the fashion mogul and performer opened up about her struggles with alcohol and self-medicating and what drove her to become sober.
Reflecting on her battles with substance abuse and using it to cope with anxiety and her insecurities, Simpson told SiriusXM's Jess Cagle that she eventually realized alcohol was having the opposite effect of what she had wanted. "I didn't even realize how much I was drinking and how much I was suppressing," she recalled.
"I thought it was making me brave, I thought it was making me confident and it was...
