Toya Delazy celebrates being sober for well over a year

Toya Delazy has shared her greatest achievement - beating alcohol addiction. 

Substance abuse continues to destroy the lives of many people. 

Over the years, the world has lost many great artists due to substance abuse. 

Not all have been lucky enough to beat the addiction and this is why Toya says it has been one of her greatest achievements. 

Taking to Instagram, the musician shared a photo showing that she has been sober for almost two years. 

The post reads: "You've Been Sober For: 1 Year 10 Months 6 Days or 676 days "One Day At A Time"."

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Delazy explained that alcohol addiction almost killed her. 

"My greatest achievement ❤️👏🏾 Through everything happening in life  the highs & lows, this thing almost killed me."

The singer explained how she has now learned to manage her pain and not resort to alcohol. 

"I'm glad I learnt to heal my pain & transform it into music, power, experiences, making friends, knowledge, speaking & breaking generational curses. A day at a time," she wrote. 

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Toya's journey to sobriety started in 2022. 

To celebrate one year of being sober, the singer took to social media to share how her problem started. 

"I'm 1 year sober today, I started drinking later than most, had my first drink at 17 - I never forgot that feeling of numbness and power, and as problems came with life, the more I saw alcohol as a friend."

She says being in the entertainment industry also exposed her to drinking too much alcohol. 

"Becoming an artist really exposed me to the hedonism. I wanted after being in suffocating institutions, booze felt like the solution to everything, and I went in HARD even though I really was a light weight. 

"When I eventually broke into the South African music scene that is where I really dove into booze, it was free & the entire industry thrived on alcohol consumption, it felt like the higher the price the cooler you were, I'm talking radio ads, music videos, clubbing, gigs, every single link up involved alcohol, and I fell hard for it," she said. 

Toya says the alcohol abuse led to her feeling suicidal. 

"For a moment I forgot about all my problems, that I felt isolated, alone, misunderstood by those I loved the most, after a while there was no space left to hide these very intense emotions. Each time I drank, everything would escalate very quickly, there would come a time where I would leave my body and the spirit of pain would consume me, & I would become very sad, angry and eventually, suicidal."

Fortunately for her in 2022, she found support and started her road to recovery. 

"2022 I found a community which supported me & a counsellor I had to call everyday for a month. It was a difficult transition as all the emotions that had been swept under the rug stood in a towering heap & I had to deal with it SOBER. Month 1 - 3 I felt like I was gonna go nuts, all the holiday's with out liquor, the clubs, the festivals the questions "but why?" 👀

"I felt like I had lost my favourite dangerous toy. I stuck with it because each time I looked at my daughter I knew she deserved a life free from the traumas I'd experienced, I was gonna break the generational trauma, I wouldn't be passing that down, she saved my life tbh - Today is a year since I made that decision and I'm so proud of my willpower. I am Grateful to my wife for supporting me through that decision and journey, also long live the therapist ❤️ #sobriety."

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