Jessica Simpson celebrates seven years without alcohol.

The 44-year-old musician announced her feat in a touching way Instagram post on Friday, November 1, writing, “7 years ago today I realized I don’t drink alcohol .”

The post included a black and white image of Simpson looking out of an airplane window.

In the comments section, several famous fans and friends applauded her feat, including John Stamoswho wrote: “Well done! .”

THE mother of three children has been open about her health journey. Last year, she marked six years of abstinence with an Instagram Stories post linked to a Article from November 1, 2021 with a photo of herself from November 1, 2017. She wrote on the upload: “6 years sober.”

The 2021 Instagram post included a lengthy caption in which she recalled why she decided to get sober.

“I knew that in this precise moment, I would allow myself to take back my light, to show my victory over my inner battle for self-respect and to face this world with piercing clarity,” we read in the message caption. “Personally, to achieve this I had to stop drinking alcohol because it kept my mind and heart in the same direction and, honestly, I was exhausted.”

“I wanted to feel the pain so I could wear it as a badge of honor. I wanted to live like a leader does and break the cycles to move forward – never looking back with regret and remorse over the choices I made and what I would do with the rest of my time here in this beautiful world,” the caption continues.

In August, Simpson responded to claims she started drinking again after a user commented “STOP DRINKING!” under a Instagram post in which she was celebrating son Ace’s 11th birthday.

“I have not wanted or touched alcohol since October 2017 and it is the best decision I have made for myself and my family. Thank you for your concern, but you have greatly misunderstood me. I send you love,” she said. responded to the comment.

The multi-hyphenate announced in September that she had teamed up with Gunpowder & Sky to release a documentary about his life.

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“I am so honored to team up with Gunpowder & Sky and Van Toffler, who is a long-time collaborator and supporter of mine, to make a documentary series that is entirely real, raw and more personal than anything I have done before.” , Simpson said in a press release. A release date for the documentary has not been announced.