‘So grateful for my health and happiness’: Lily Allen looks incredible in a mismatched bikini as she celebrates one year of sobriety in Capri
Lily Allen marked one year of sobriety in Capri on Tuesday.
The singer, 35, looked incredible in a mismatched bikini as she took to Instagram to reflect on the past 12 months, telling fans she was ‘so grateful for my health and happiness’.
Lily has previously been open about her struggle with alcohol and substance abuse, saying she turned to it when she experienced trouble in her personal life.
‘So grateful for my health and happiness’: Lily Allen marked one year of sobriety in Capri on Tuesday
Lily showed off her toned abs as she reclined on a sun lounger in a black bikini top and red leopard print bottoms.
The make-free star exuded happiness as she beamed for the camera before uploaded a snap taken in her hotel room.
To mark the past 12 months of being tee-total, Lily posted the bikini photos alongside one of the star looking noticeably worse-for-wear.
Lifestyle change: The singer, 35, looked incredible in a mismatched bikini as she took to Instagram to reflect on the past 12 months
Alcohol abuse: To mark the past 12 months of being tee-total, Lily posted the bikini photos alongside one of the star looking noticeably worse-for-wear (pictured)
Lily captioned the post: ‘1 year completely sober! So grateful for my health and happiness.’
The songstress flew to Capri for a solo trip and wrote in one selfie uploaded to Instagram: ‘The only downside to traveling alone is the photo opportunities are limited.’
When one fan asked: ‘Why are you alone?’, Lily replied: ‘I love travelling alone’.
Beach babe: Lily showed off her toned abs as she reclined on a sun lounger in a black bikini top and red leopard print bottoms
It is thought Lily gave up drinking around the time she started dating her Stranger Things boyfriend David Harbour, 45.
The couple were first spotted at the theatre in London last August and their relationship has gone on from strength-to-strength.
The mother-of-two previously took to Instagram to laud her new healthier lifestyle after she quit drinking.
She told her fans: ‘9 months sober today! And the beginning of an ab is appearing. Very pleased!’
Flying solo: The songstress flew to Capri for a solo trip and wrote in one selfie uploaded to Instagram: ‘The only downside to traveling alone is the photo opportunities are limited’
Lily revealed she had turned to the bottle when experiencing trouble in her personal life in an interview with Stereogum in 2018.
She said: ‘I think I’m a raging co-dependent and then when I feel like I can’t cope, I abuse alcohol and drugs to plaster over some stuff, but I’ve never been somebody that craves a fix.’
The Smile hitmaker also previously discussed her year of turmoil in 2013, taking place just months after she gave birth to her second child.
Svelte: Three months ago Lily told her fans: ‘9 months sober today! And the beginning of an ab is appearing. Very pleased!’
Lily, who is the daughter of comedian Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen, admitted she was ‘skidding from festival to festival’, drowning her sorrows.
She credited her then-husband Sam Cooper from pulling her out of the dark place in her life, and revealed her depression stemmed from the luke-warm reception her music had been receiving.
Speaking candidly in an interview, Lily reflected: ‘Summer ’13 was a disaster. In short, I was a drunk mess.
‘I was self-medicating with alcohol and whatever else and Sam was obviously attracted to me when I was like that,’ she told the Sunday Times.
‘He could see that I was being quite self-destructive and at one point he said, ‘What are you doing? I would really like to be with you, but I can’t be with you if you are going to be like this all the time.’
Lily separated from husband Sam Cooper in 2015 after about four years marriage. The former couple announced they finalized their divorce in 2018.
They each share joint custody of their two children: daughters Ethel, eight, and Marnie, seven.