Elton John’s celeb pals rally as singer celebrates

Elton John says he’s “grateful for every single day” following a life-changing choice he made 36 years in the past. The legendary Rocketman star lately took to Instagram to commemorate a big milestone in his sobriety journey.

The 79-year-old singer shared a photograph of himself on social media elevating a glass of his personal alcohol-free wine, Elton John Zero Blanc de Blancs, alongside the caption: “36 years sober today. Raising a 0% glass to life. Grateful for every single day.”

Plenty of his well-known associates had been fast to supply their help, with Alan Carr and Brooklyn Beckham’s spouse, Nicola Peltz, posting clapping and love-heart emojis.

Journalist Susannah Constantine wrote: “My love. My life. My best friend,” while Loose Women’s Janet Street Porter commented: “So impressive! Well done xxxx.”

Throughout the years, Elton has been candid about his wrestle with a extreme dependency on alcohol and medicines, an habit so harmful he believes it almost value him his life, according to the Express, reviews the Daily Star.

His experimentation with medication and alcohol started during the early years of his music profession in the Nineteen Seventies, together with his dependency hitting all-time low in the Nineteen Eighties. He entered rehabilitation in July 1990 and has maintained his sobriety ever since.

Elton’s battles had been documented in a biographical movie about his life, as he told Variety: “The life I was leading, flying on the Starship [his private plane], living in beautiful houses, buying things left, right and centre – it was not a normal life.

“Not the form of life I got here from anyway. I misplaced full contact with that. I vowed once I did change my life that that would never occur again.”

Elton disclosed that his substance abuse led to persistent health issues: “There had been instances I used to be having chest pains or staying up for 3 days at a time. I used to have spasms and be discovered on the flooring, and so they’d put me again to mattress, and half an hour later I’d be doing the same. It’s loopy.”