Flavor Flav Sends Message About Being Mindful of Friends on Their 'Sobriety Journey' This Holiday Season
"Mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference,” said the rapper, who just celebrated 4 years sober
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Flavor Flav at Variety HitmakersFlavor Flav is sending a reminder to his followers for the holiday season.
On November 26, the rapper, 65, posted a message on X, formerly Twitter, making sure that people keep in mind their loved ones who are sober.
“Note for the upcoming holiday season, some of us are on a sobriety journey and mocktails or non-alcoholic beer options make a big difference,” he wrote. Many fans praised him for the reminder in the comments.
“THIS!!!!! Since my bestie has been sober, I always have stuff to make mocktails for him!” one user wrote. “And when he joins our family, my family makes them too!!! Love your constant advocacy for folks on their sobriety journeys.”
Another person added, “Yes, sir! Always make sure to support people on their journey to greatness, no matter what it is.”
In October, Flav — born William Jonathan Drayton Jr. — celebrated 4 years of sobriety, boasting in an Instagram video that he’s “very very proud of me.”
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Back in January 2023, the Public Enemy founding member appeared on the Off the Record with DJ Akademiks podcast and admitted that he "never really let people know exactly" what was going on with him at the height of his past addiction.
"There was a time that I was spending $2,400 to $2,600 a day... for six years straight, you do the math," he said. "That's how much I spent on drugs."
During the worst periods of his addiction, he was spending almost $1 million on drugs a year.
Flav explained that he "maintained myself very well" while using and "kept it hidden too," but he was ultimately able to quit abusing substances and start his sobriety journey in 2020.
"I guess God wanted me to live. And he knows that I'm a mouthpiece to the world," he said at the time. "So, I feel that God let me live through that, so that way, I could teach people about the mistakes that I made. And hopefully, they won't make them later on in life.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
