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  • Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell Talk Sober Parenting, Wine Memes

    Dax Shepard & Kristen Bell Talk Sober Parenting, Wine Memes

    The celebrity couple discussed “mommy juice,” vacationing with others who imbibe and wine memes in a recent interview. 

    Celebrity couple Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard spoke of parenting without relying on alcohol to relax and making the “wine mom” memes work for them while living mostly sober lives in an interview with HuffPost.

    Shepard himself has been totally sober since 2004, and while Bell still has an occasional drink, she doesn’t imbibe as much as her friends. Shepard does get jealous sometimes, though.

    “We vacation almost exclusively with three other families who all have kids, and certainly at night, I’m super jealous of them because I’m like, f**k yeah I would love to drink something that turned down the volume of everyone in this house,” Shepard explained. “So I’m a little bit jealous in the evenings.”

    But then the hangover-free morning comes.

    “At 6:45 when we’re all up, I’m like, Oh I’m crushing right now. I feel great. And they’re miserable. And those voices are three times as loud with a hangover.”

    Shepard is trying to focus on the positives, such as those high-energy mornings with his young kids Delta Bell and Lincoln.

    Wine Memes In Online Parenting Communities

    Kristin Bell, meanwhile, may not drink every day, but she’s found a way to relate to the “mommy juice” memes that online parenting communities love.

    “So, the wine memes, for me, they’re all-encompassing in the fact that they represent, ‘Remember that you’re an adult. It’s OK if your kids are stressful and annoying. It’s OK to take time for yourself,’” she said. “But to me, that doesn’t necessarily ever mean alcohol.”

    Instead of always turning to alcohol, Bell finds comfort and stress relief in her husband.

    “I personally don’t have wine every day, but my wine is Netflix and cuddling with my husband or our date night.”

    Dax Doesn’t Mind Being Around People While They Drink

    Embracing a sober or mostly-sober lifestyle has spread into something of a trend, with an increasing number of celebrities trying it out. Bell and Shepard have been at the forefront, often speaking out about the benefits and challenges. Thankfully, their friends have been supportive and Shepard doesn’t find it difficult when others drink around him.

    “Dax has never been triggered by people drinking around him,” said Bell. “In fact, our friends are usually sensitive to it, and they look to me like, ‘Is it OK if I pour myself a drink?’ And Dax will notice and say, ’Oh no listen, I lost my privilege of drinking, but you didn’t lose your privilege. I think you should have a drink.′ So I’m very lucky there.

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  • Dax Shepard Speaks On 15 Years Of Sobriety: I'm On Fire To Be Alive

    Dax Shepard Speaks On 15 Years Of Sobriety: I'm On Fire To Be Alive

    Shepard says that being sober for so long has allowed him to recapture an energy and a joy for life that he hasn’t felt since he was a child.

    Dax Shepard of Punk’d and various comedy films including Hit and Run and CHiPs sat down with Talib Kweli on a recent episode of People’s Party and talked about his former cocaine use and how he feels after spending 15 years sober.

    After being asked about the subject by Kweli, Shepard began by crediting his sobriety to his current marriage to actress Kristen Bell and their two daughters.

    “I wouldn’t have a family without sobriety first and foremost,” he said. “Bell would’ve never signed up for the old version of me.”

    Beyond that, Shepard says that being sober for so long has allowed him to recapture an energy and a joy for life that he hasn’t felt since he was a child.

    “I just thought if I could ever get back to the point where when I walk out my door I’m thrilled to go on an adventure with nothing in me but oatmeal? That’s the goal, and I can honestly say for about the last seven years, I’m on fire to be alive.”

    In spite of his enthusiasm for sobriety, Shepard believes that everyone should try certain drugs at least once, if they can.

    “I don’t think anyone should leave planet Earth without doing mushrooms and ecstasy. I hope my children do mushrooms when they get older.”

    He stressed that he does not, however, want his children to do cocaine, as he feels that the intense stimulant “will make you not allowed to do all the other things.”

    Moderation & Marriage

    Shepard has expressed support for moderate drug use in the past, hitting back at a tweet from CBS’s The Talk that questioned Kristen Bell’s smoking cannabis around her sober husband. 

    “That would be like a diabetic expecting their partner to never eat dessert,” Shepard replied. “Get real!”

    Shepard first started using drugs in high school, though he maintains that he did not have a problem until after he turned 18. In 2012, he opened up to Us Weekly about his drug use in young adulthood, saying he took “cocaine, opiates, marijuana, diet pills, pain pills, everything,” along with drinking.

    “Mostly my love was Jack Daniel’s and cocaine,” Shepard said. “I lived for going down the rabbit hole of meeting weird people. Of course, come Monday I would be tallying up all the different situations, and each one was progressively more dangerous. I got lucky in that I didn’t go to jail.”

    After fighting frequently with Bell over his substance use, Shepard got sober in 2004 and has been going strong ever since.

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  • Kristin Bell Celebrates Dax Shepard’s Sober Birthday

    Kristin Bell Celebrates Dax Shepard’s Sober Birthday

    Shepard says Bell “spoils the hell” out of him on his sober birthday.

    Each year Dax Shepard knows he can expect a great gift from his wife, not on his actual birthday, but on the day he got sober. 

    “The nicest presents she’s gotten me are always on my sober birthday. In fact, my real birthday … still haven’t gotten a present,” Shepard told People, adding that Bell “spoils the hell out of me” on his sober birthday. 

    Bell, who has two daughters, ages 4 and 5, with Shepard, said that she prioritizes his sobriety milestones because that is what allows them to be a family. 

    “I’m very happy he was born so I celebrate his birthday, but I’m extraordinarily [happy] that he has stayed sober because that’s what allows me to have him in my life as a husband and as a father,” she said. 

    She also knows how much effort Shepard puts into maintaining his recovery, even after 14 years. 

    “I know how much effort has to be put into staying sober. I don’t mean that to be like, I come home and see him shaking and looking at a whiskey ad or something, [but] there are different elements you have to deal with when you’re staying sober,” Bell said. “It’s a ton of mental control and evolution.”

    Bell and Shepard have been together 12 years, so she wasn’t his partner when he was actively using. Still, the couple has spoken openly about how Shepard’s sobriety has shaped their family life. 

    Last year, Bell wrote a touching public tribute to Shepard’s sobriety, which she shared on Instagram on his 14th year sober. 

    “I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” she wrote. 

    This week, Shepard joked about how the post went viral, overshadowing his accomplishment of 14 years sober. 

    “I scrape together 14 years of sobriety, and she writes a little flowery thank you. Now there’s headlines all over the country about Kristen’s accomplishment of writing this letter. I’m like, ‘Just like you to steal my thunder!’” he said. “I’m the one that went to 10,000 AA meetings. At no point was the message of any of the stories like, ‘Good job, Dax.’ It was like, ‘Can you imagine being loved by a woman like Kristen Bell?’”

    Joking aside, Shepard said that the message of support “was crazy sweet and I loved it.”

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  • Dax Shepard Starts His Day Thinking About Addiction

    Dax Shepard Starts His Day Thinking About Addiction

    “You’ve got to acknowledge you are an addict every day, first thing, right when you wake up,” the actor said on a recent episode of his podcast. 

    For 12 years, actor Dax Shepard started his day by taking time to acknowledge that he is an addict. 

    “You’ve got to acknowledge you are an addict every day, first thing, right when you wake up, you write a page,” Shepard told Gwyneth Paltrow on his Armchair Expert podcast. “It doesn’t even have to be about being an addict. It’s just this physical activity there to remind myself, ‘I have a thing that I’ll never not have.’”

    The daily ritual cemented the Parenthood star’s recovery. 

    “I wrote a page in my journal every single morning because I had this thought that if I can’t commit 20 minutes to remember I’m an addict each morning, I’m going to end up blowing nine hours a day as an addict. I have to be able to say, minimally this is your commitment.”

    Shepard, who is going on his 15th year of sobriety, said he has only recently relaxed the ritual. 

    “In general, I’m embarrassed to admit this. For the very first 12 years of sobriety, I didn’t miss a single day, not one. I get crazy superstitious about it.”

    Even though he has achieved long-term sobriety, Shepard said that he continues to grow in his confidence and self-love. 

    “At a certain point, you’re like, ‘F**k it.’ I’m going to be who I am, I’m not going to look in the mirror and be so critical of everything, and I’m not going to rehash every mistake I’ve ever made in my life and flagellate myself for it. I really did feel when I turned 40 I could feel a real shift,” said the actor, who is 44. “I was like, ‘I’m not going to do that anymore.’ Because I was ruled by my insecurities, and like by the idea that I was unlovable, and I kept just trying to prove that out.”

    Instead of fixating on his insecurities, Shepard now focuses on building his relationship with his wife, actress Kristen Bell, who has been supportive of his sobriety. Bell went on Instagram last year to celebrate the work that her husband puts into his recovery—both morning and night. 

    “I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” she wrote when Shepard celebrated 14 years sober.

    “I will forever be in awe of your dedication, and the level of fierce moral inventory you perform on yourself, like an emotional surgery, every single night.”

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  • Kristen Bell Reveals She Smokes Weed Around Sober Dax Shepard

    Kristen Bell Reveals She Smokes Weed Around Sober Dax Shepard

    “I smoke around my husband and it doesn’t seem to bother him. Weed rules. Weed is my drug of choice, for sure.”

    Actress Kristen Bell recently posted a heartfelt tribute to her husband Dax Shepard on social media congratulating him on his 14th year of sobriety.

    However, that doesn’t mean The Good Place actress has to walk on eggshells to protect his sobriety, she revealed in a new episode of WTF with Marc Maron.

    “I like my vape pen quite a bit,” she said on the podcast. “I smoke around my husband and it doesn’t seem to bother him. Weed rules. Weed is my drug of choice, for sure.”

    “Once a week, if I am exhausted and we are about to sit down and watch 60 Minutes, why not?” she added.

    Shepard is candid about his past drug and alcohol use, which he admitted was one thing that contributed to the couple’s early relationship woes. “I just loved to get fucked up—drinking, cocaine, opiates, marijuana, diet pills, pain pills, everything,” he said in a past Playboy interview. “Mostly my love was Jack Daniel’s and cocaine. I lived for going down the rabbit hole of meeting weird people.”

    Shepard said he was lucky he didn’t land himself in jail. He is now fully invested in his recovery, which is why Bell can use cannabis around him. “He likes drugs and alcohol. He’s just aware that he lost his privilege with them because he can’t handle it,” said Bell. “His brain does not have the chemistry to handle it.”

    On September 1, Bell posted an open letter to the Without a Paddle star on Instagram in honor of his 14th sober anniversary. “I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” she wrote.

    “I will forever be in awe of your dedication, and the level of fierce moral inventory you perform on yourself, like an emotional surgery, every single night.”

    “I’m so proud that you have never ben ashamed of your story, but instead shared it widely, with the hope it might inspire someone else to become the best version of themselves. You have certainly inspired me to do so,” she added.

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  • Kristen Bell Writes Message To Dax Shepard On Sober Anniversary

    Kristen Bell Writes Message To Dax Shepard On Sober Anniversary

    “I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it.”

    Actress Kristen Bell took to Instagram to write a message to her husband, Parenthood star Dax Shepard, to celebrate his 14 years of sobriety. 

    “I know how much you loved using. I know how much it got in your way. And I know, because I saw, how hard you worked to live without it,” Bell wrote on Instagram. 

    Shepard has been open about his addiction and how it could have led to more severe consequences. 

    “I just loved to get fucked up—drinking, cocaine, opiates, marijuana, diet pills, pain pills, everything. Mostly my love was Jack Daniel’s and cocaine,” he told Playboy in 2012. “I was famous for going out on Thursday night to have a couple of beers and that just led all the way to Saturday night… Of course, come Monday I would be tallying up all the different situations, and each one was progressively more dangerous. I got lucky in that I didn’t go to jail.”

    In her post, Bell talked about the ongoing, daily work that it takes Shepard to stay sober. “I will forever be in awe of your dedication, and the level of fierce moral inventory you perform on yourself, like an emotional surgery, every single night,” she wrote. 

    She pointed out how Shepard puts the tenants of recovery into action, as a husband and as a father to their daughters, who are 2 and 5. 

    “You never fail to make amends, or say sorry when it’s needed. You are always available to guide me, and all of our friends, with open ears and tough love when it’s needed most,” Bell wrote. “You have become the fertilizer in the garden of our life, encouraging everyone to grow.”

    In addition, Bell said that she has learned from how open Shepard is about his recovery.

    “I’m so proud that you have never been ashamed of your story, but instead shared it widely, with the hope it might inspire someone else to become the best version of themselves,” she wrote. “You have certainly inspired me to do so.”

    Bell has spoken in the past about how Shepard’s experience has changed her perception of addiction and people who abuse drugs, making her more empathetic toward those who need help.

    “Seeing the world through his eyes has really opened mine to knowing that it is a disease and nobody is choosing to drink more than others,” she told The New York Daily News in 2016. “They are doing it because of a variety of reasons and they deserve the attention of a mental health professional, and not the county jail or however else we’re choosing to pretend we’re fixing the problem.”

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