This picture is like a still life. It shows actress and singer Jessica Simpson (41) – who you only really recognize at second glance. Your gaze is blank, goes dull somewhere. Your body is bloated and tucked into baggy clothes. Jessica is sitting in the semi-darkness and looks very sad in all her loss.
She posted the photo herself on her Facebook account and honestly explains the circumstances behind it. “This person in the early morning of November 1st, 2017 is an unrecognizable version of myself,” she begins her description. It was the moment when she realized that she no longer wanted to be like that. She wanted to rediscover herself and be clear. “To do that, I have to stop drinking,” continues Jessica Simpson. “Because it kept my mind and heart going in circles and to be honest: I was exhausted. I wanted to feel the pain so that I could wear it like an award. “
▶ ︎ The artist no longer wanted to be carried away by this state of affairs. She wanted to determine her own life again and say for herself where the journey was going. With this photo she doesn’t just want to tell her story – she also wants to encourage. “There are so many stigmas around the world of alcoholism or the alcoholics. The real work that had to be done in my life was accepting mistakes, pain, brokenness and self-sabotage. Drinking wasn’t the problem. It was me.”
Jessica looks so healthy and happy today
What strong words! Today – four years later – Jessica Simpson is celebrating herself for looking in the mirror, calling the mess she was deep in, and launching the attack to get herself back to life and out of there.
It is okay if she is afraid and she also accepts the parts of life that are simply sad. “I have my personal strength and soulful courage again. I am completely honest and pleasantly open. I am free.”
She could not have found a better end to her self-revelation and reaps a storm of love and respect in the comments of her post.