‘My brain, relationship and work suffer’: Lily Allen vows to cut down on her ‘addictive’ phone usage in 2021 after successfully ‘ditching drugs, booze and fags’
Lily Allen has vowed to cut back on her phone use as her 2021 New Year’s resolution.
The Smile songstress, 35, reflected on the toxicity of constantly using the device and admitted many realms of her life suffer when she uses her phone too much.
Having always been candid about her drink and drug battles, including celebrating one year sober in July, in her Instagram announcement she referenced having ‘ditched the drugs, booze and fags’ she would now shed her other vice.
Less phone more books: Lily Allen has vowed to cut back on her phone use as her 2021 New Year’s resolution
Lily, who tied the knot with Stranger Things actor David Harbour last year, took to Instagram to announce her mission, penning a caption alongside a pouting selfie video with ‘less phone, more books’ written over the top.
Her caption read: ‘I’m gonna try. These things are designed so we don’t put them down. My brain suffers, my relationships suffer, my work or creative endeavors all suffer as a result. I’ve ditched the drugs, booze and fags…
‘So hopefully this year I’ll be able to cultivate a new, healthier relationship with my phone. Wish me luck.’
Beneath the post, author Clover Stroud reached out to Lily to ask if she would like a copy of her book My Wild and Sleepless Nights, which was released in February.
Working hard: The Smile songstress, 35, reflected on the toxicity of constantly using the device and admitted many realms of her life suffer when she uses her phone too much
Reaching out: Beneath the post, author Clover Stroud reached out to Lily to ask if she would like a copy of her book My Wild and Sleepless Nights, which was released in February
Touching: The book is described as: ‘My Wild and Sleepless Nights examines what it means to be a mother, and reveals with unflinching honesty the many conflicting emotions that this entails: the joy and the wonder, the loneliness and despair’
The book is described as: ‘My Wild and Sleepless Nights examines what it means to be a mother, and reveals with unflinching honesty the many conflicting emotions that this entails: the joy and the wonder, the loneliness and despair.’
Lily happily took her up on the offer, writing: ‘Yes, please!’
The singer has always been candid about her drink and drug abuse, particularly when she released her memoir My Thoughts Exactly in 2019.
Open and honest: The singer has always been candid about her drink and drug abuse, particularly when she released her memoir My Thoughts Exactly in 2019
Oh dear: In 2018, she came under fire for glamourising drug-taking after admitting she snorted a line of ketamine at the Glamour Woman Of The Year Awards in 2008 (pictured)
In 2018, she came under fire for glamourising drug-taking after admitting she snorted a line of ketamine at the Glamour Woman Of The Year Awards in 2008.
Describing what happened, Allen said: ‘Someone gave me a line of what I assumed to be cocaine at the Glamour awards once, but it turned out to be Ketamine. I was thrown out (passed over some railings) of the Glamour awards for being in a k hole.’
She added: ‘Obviously I couldn’t talk, or direct the driver so my assistant instructed the occupant of the car behind to “follow that cab” I believe the occupant was @chattyman , I have no idea what happened next.’
Way back when: The Not Fair singer, 35, has always been candid about her drink and drug battles and in July she marked one year sober (pictured in 2017)