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Chrissie Swan shares candid details about why she quit booze

The star hasn’t touched a drop in nine months - by Erin Doyle
  • 15 Oct 2021

Like many Australians forced to endure extended lockdowns over the past two years, TV and radio personality Chrissie Swan used the time to make a change.

WATCH: Chrissie Swan reveals why she quit drinking

Speaking on Thursday night’s edition of The Project, the 47-year-old opened up about how she quit alcohol earlier this year – and couldn’t speak more highly of her decision.

“I really am reticent to be the poster girl for sobriety because it was a decision I made for myself after giving it a fair nudge in the first lockdown last year,” she told the panel, revealing it had been nine months since her last drink.

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Chrissie Swan quit drinking nine months ago and has opened up about the reason why.

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“I do recommend it. If you’re thinking, ‘oh, maybe I’m drinking a bit much’ or ‘it’s not helping me any more’, I think that’s the biggest thing I’ve taken from it, is that it didn’t help.”

Chrissie revealed that giving the bottle the  flick had done wonders for her mental health, particularly in such a turbulent time given the ongoing lockdowns in her home city of Melbourne.

“With the pressures and anxieties and worries and being responsible for kids and their whole life has changed and you’re their parent, you feel enormous guilt, though it’s all out of your control, you kind of feel like having a few drinks will take the edge off and a couple of drinks does but eventually it’s at the stage where it doesn’t help and it certainly wasn’t helping me,” Chrissie explained.

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The TV and radio personality also keeps fans updated about her regular walking routine.

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Recently, the Celebrity MasterChef contestant has also embarked on a health and wellness journey, with fans following her regular updates on her walking regime.

“Learning how to meditate kicked it off for me and I realised after the first 10-minute block that it was the first time in ages I’d stopped and slowed down, with my own wellbeing top of mind,” she told fans on Instagram of how she began her walking routine.

“I don’t put any pressure on myself, but I walk somewhere most days – sometimes for 20 minutes, sometimes for an hour, sometimes three little walks, sometimes none!”

 WATCH: Chrissie Swan opens up about motherhood on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!

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Erin Doyle
Erin Doyle
As Digital Managing Editor of WHO, New Idea and New Idea Food, Erin Doyle spends her days leading the digital team and overseeing online content. When she’s not all over the latest celebrity, pop culture, Aussie TV, food and lifestyle news and trends, she can be found dreaming of her next travel destination.

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