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Elton John celebrates 29 years being sober

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epa07684018 British musician Elton John performs on the stage during his final 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' tour at the 53rd Montreux Jazz Festival (MJF), in Montreux, Switzerland, 29 June 2019. (issued 30 June) The MJF runs from 28 June to 13 July and features 450 concerts. EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD EDITORIAL USE ONLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Elton John has taken to Twitter to celebrate 29 years of sobriety.

The star’s struggles with addiction were laid out extensively in recent biopic Rocketman, and it’s something Sir Elton has often been very vocal about. Now, he’s marked the anniversary since he first went clean in 1990.

“29 years ago today, I was a broken man,” the tweet begins. “I finally summoned up the courage to say 3 words that would change my life: “I need help”.

Speaking earlier this year of the importance of the film realistically depicting his past, John said the film was “difficult” to watch.

“This is how my life was, and I didn’t want to cover it and gloss it over,” he said. “And it’s difficult to watch because I thought, ‘God, I don’t want to go back there. Thank God I came out of it’.”

“Success was fantastic, and then I couldn’t cope with it,” he added of the pressures of fame. “And you can’t leave out the bad.”
via NME

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