<p>Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russell-brand-leaves-youtube-for-rumble-after-censorship-complaint" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russell Brand</a> marked a huge sobriety milestone on Tuesday as he gave credit to those around him who have supported him in his effort to stay &#8220;clean and sober&#8221; from drugs and alcohol.</p>
<p>In a video posted to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmHWCgiKka6/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, Brand shared that he&#8217;s been sober for 20 years as of December 13, and said that it couldn&#8217;t have been done without the support of those close to him.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m 20 years clean and sober today,&#8221; Brand shared. &#8220;It&#8217;s December the 13th. So, firstly I wanted to express my gratitude for all the people who have helped me to remain clean and sober. It is never done on your own.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;In fact, even though it&#8217;s often seen and celebrated as a personal achievement,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It is in essence, a community and spiritual achievement.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Because what I have been taught and shown is that it is impossible for a person like me to not drink and use drugs unless I have sufficient ongoing support from people that understand what it&#8217;s like to feel that drugs or alcohol, or, you know, certain behaviors are necessary in order to feel okay,&#8221; Brand continued.</p>
<p>The actor called sobriety a type of &#8220;awakening&#8221; from the &#8220;world of attachment,” admitting it&#8217;s an &#8220;ongoing process&#8221; to this day.</p>
<p>&#8220;Because I still, every day without crack and heroin, without alcohol, still feel strongly, a strong requirement, a strong requirement to seek approval or connection or validation &#8230; from the outside world,&#8221; Brand explained.</p>
<p>The &#8220;Forgetting Sarah Marshall&#8221; star then offered hope to those who might be currently struggling with their own addictions, saying even if you feel it’s hopeless, you&#8217;re wrong, and things can change.</p>
<p>He then listed what he called the pathways to making that happen, like living a &#8220;life of purpose,&#8221; &#8220;finding a spiritual path,&#8221; and &#8220;making amends.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trying-to-f-up-ordinary-people-russell-brand-rants-against-the-great-reset-green-energy-agenda" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brand</a> has been very open in the past about his addiction and sobriety. In his 2017 book, &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Recovery-Freedom-Addictions-Russell-Brand/dp/125018245X/ref=asc_df_125018245X/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=312149984830&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=17484979812717569624&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9013184&amp;hvtargid=pla-601457233806&amp;psc=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recovery: Freedom from Our Addictions</a>,&#8221; he shares his &#8220;own wild story&#8221; along with the &#8220;advice and wisdom he has gained through his fourteen years of recovery [at the time],&#8221; per the book description.</p>

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