{"id":5190,"date":"2024-07-05T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=5190"},"modified":"2024-07-05T10:10:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T14:10:53","slug":"spider-man-star-tom-holland-shares-why-hes-loving-sobriety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2024\/07\/spider-man-star-tom-holland-shares-why-hes-loving-sobriety.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Spider-Man&#8217; Star Tom Holland Shares Why He&#8217;s Loving Sobriety"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5196\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5196\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5196\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2024\/07\/tom-holland-sobriety-credit-tnseltown-shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"tom holland\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5196\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tinseltown\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSpider-Man\u201d star Tom Holland has been sober for a year and a half, and he\u2019s explaining why he continues to skip drinking. His sobriety journey started in January 2023 when, after a December of heavy drinking, he decided to partake in a \u201cDry January\u201d challenge. Holland told Jay Shetty, \u201cI just wanted to do dry January. And all I could think about was having a drink. It was all I could think about. I was waking up thinking about it. I was checking the clock, when\u2019s it 12? And it just really scared me. I was like, wow, maybe I have a little bit of an alcohol thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u00a0\u201cSo, I sort of decided to push myself and say, I\u2019ll do February as well. I\u2019ll do two months off. If I can do two months off, then I can prove to myself I don\u2019t have a problem. Two months went by, and I was still really struggling. I felt like I couldn\u2019t be social. I felt like I couldn\u2019t go to the pub and have a lime soda. I couldn\u2019t go out for dinner. I was really, really struggling. And I started to really worry that maybe I had an alcohol problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After February was up, Holland decided he would continue his journey through his birthday on June 1st. Holland explained, \u201cI said to myself, If I can do six months without alcohol, then I can prove to myself that I don\u2019t have a problem. And by the time I had got to June 1st, I was the happiest I\u2019d ever been in my life. I could sleep better. I could handle problems better; I had much better mental clarity. I felt healthier. I felt fitter.\u201d He continued, \u201cI just sort of said to myself, like, why am I enslaved to this drink? Why am I so obsessed with the idea of having this drink? And I would look back and recognize that I would go to events for work and be like, I can\u2019t enjoy myself until I\u2019ve had a few beers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjayshetty%2Fvideos%2F786292320281319%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=380&amp;t=0\" width=\"380\" height=\"591\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Not wanting to be enslaved any longer and also enjoying the benefits of sobriety, Holland decided to continue his life without alcohol. A year and a half later, the actor loves his new life. \u201cI love seeing my friends on the golf course at 8 a.m. in the morning, feeling fresh and ready to go\u2026 And so yeah, I\u2019m over the moon to be sober. I love it,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jayshetty\/videos\/786292320281319\/?extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&amp;mibextid=v7YzmG\">said<\/a>. Giving up drinking isn\u2019t the only way Holland has taken care of himself in recent years. He has also gone on multiple social media fasts and even gave up Hollywood roles to refocus himself. This past February, he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3APDxbt3ov\/?img_index=1\">cast in a stage production<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<em>Romeo &amp; Juliet<\/em>, which began its run at the West End Theater at the beginning of May.<\/p>\n<p>Holland, however, does have more Hollywood roles lined up as Sony announced it has plans for three more \u201cSpider-Man\u201d movies, for which Holland is expected to reprise his role.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSpider-Man\u201d star Tom Holland has been sober for a year and a half, and he\u2019s explaining why he continues to skip drinking. 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