{"id":194479,"date":"2025-09-21T23:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/flavor-flav-determined-to-stay-sober-for-the-rest-of-his-life\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T23:01:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T23:01:16","slug":"flavor-flav-determined-to-stay-sober-for-the-rest-of-his-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/21\/flavor-flav-determined-to-stay-sober-for-the-rest-of-his-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Flavor Flav determined to stay sober for the rest of his life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n    <span itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">by <span itemprop=\"name\" style=\"color: #60178e;\">Feeds-Bang<\/span> | <\/span><\/p>\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2025-09-22\" datetime=\"1758495676\" pubdate=\"\">22 September 2025<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/flavor-flav\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,flavor-flav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flavor Flav<\/a> is determined to stay sober for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Flavor Flav is determined to stay sober for the rest of his life<\/p>\n<p>The 66-year-old rapper, born William Jonathan Drayton Jr., has made the declaration months after admitting to a relapse in April.<\/p>\n<p>He told People magazine about his continuing sobriety journey: \u201cRight now it\u2019s going very well. I\u2019m back on point. I\u2019m back on track, you know what I\u2019m saying? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd this is the way that I plan on staying for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also offered advice to others struggling with addiction. <\/p>\n<p>\nFlavor added: \u201cIf you take a fall, don\u2019t lay there and stay stuck. You got to get up off of that fall and you have to K-I-M \u2014 keep it moving. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cOperation no choice is now in progress. Either you keep it moving, or you stay stuck. And the name of the game is to keep it moving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn April, Flavor told fans on Instagram he had \u201cbriefly relapsed\u201d, adding he wanted to make the admission publicly to \u201chold myself accountable\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nIn a message to his followers he wrote: \u201cI remain authentic to who I am and a large part of the past 4.5 years for me has been my sobriety journey. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI think I\u2019ve been an inspiration to many that if I could get sober, anyone can do it. But just when you think it\u2019s easy, it ain\u2019t. I briefly relapsed. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI say this to admit my mistake and publicly hold myself accountable. I am a human being who makes mistakes and it doesn\u2019t make me a bad person. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI hope those who are around me support my choice to be sober.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nHe added: \u201cI went back to Day 1, again. Time didn\u2019t stop, my journey continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn a 2023 interview on the Off the Record with DJ Akademiks podcast, Flavor said he had once spent \u201c$2,400 to $2,600 a day \u2026 for six years straight\u201d on drugs. <\/p>\n<p>\nHe admitted much of his drug use was kept \u201chidden\u201d, though he said he maintained his outward appearance \u201cvery well\u201d despite addiction.<\/p>\n<p>\nFlavor began his sobriety journey in 2020. <\/p>\n<p>\nSpeaking on the same podcast, he added: \u201cI guess God wanted me to live. And he knows that I\u2019m a mouthpiece to the world. <\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cSo, I feel that God let me live through that, so that way, I could teach people about the mistakes that I made. And hopefully, they won\u2019t make them later on in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nIn October 2024, to mark World Mental Health Day and the four-year anniversary of his sobriety, Flavor said: \u201cMy mental health is an important part of my sobriety journey.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nHe marked the occasion by covering the cost of therapy app subscriptions for fans.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/flavor-flav-determined-stay-sober-rest-life-1430074.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Feeds-Bang | 22 September 2025 Flavor Flav is determined to stay sober for the rest of his life. Flavor Flav is determined to stay sober for the rest of his life The 66-year-old rapper, born William Jonathan Drayton Jr., has made the declaration months after admitting to a relapse in April. 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