Jessica Simpson marks 8 years sober amid divorce: ‘Silenced my intuition’

Jessica Simpson is celebrating eight years in the game as she challenges the end of her 11-year marriage to Eric Johnson.

On Saturday, November 1, the singer and fashion icon, 45, took to Instagram to reflect on the sad journey. She posted a self-deprecation along with a powerful message about the changes that come with alcohol.

“8 years ago today I chose to fight, to admit and release the parts of myself in my life that I chose,” she wrote. “That decision made a decision to live fully in search of God’s purpose in my life. Alcohol in silence, and I stopped my dreams and chased my dreams of fear.”

Simpson said she now lives by faith, writing, “Today I’m making it clear

Her self-consciousness, she shared, also held back her creativity. “Every time I wrote it, I was a little bit scared… especially because I was drinking at the time,” Simpson said. Cutting Back in February – less than a month after filing for bankruptcy. “But once I got off the alcohol, the fear just got less. They went away.”

Is Jessica divorced?

Earlier this year, Simpson sued Eric Johnson after 11 years of marriage. The couple got married in July 2014 and welcomed three children – daughters Maxlll (12), Shimbie (5), and Son (11).

Announcing the split in their post on January 5th Every weekSimpson revealed, “Eric and I are living separately, which is a very painful situation in our marriage.”

Finally, SIMPSON returned to music for the first time in 15 years, performing for the first time in 15 years at the SXSW Recording Academy at the Austin Chapter.

“It was an emotional homecoming for myself,” she wrote on Instagram the next day.

She also debuted two new songs, Baking bread and Departureand two new EPs.