Lily Allen and David Harbour: Sober Couple Goals

Singer Lily Allen and actor David Harbour are both drug- and alcohol-free.

Benya Clark
Exploring Sobriety

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Lily Allen with microphone.
Lily Allen. Photo by Darien Graham-Smith via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Pop star Lily Allen and her husband, actor David Harbour, share a fascinating similarity: they are both sober.

Addiction has long been a highly-stigmatized topic, but in recent years, that stigma has gradually begun to fade. This is thanks, in part, to many high-profile celebrities who have taken the brave step to go public with their addiction struggles and subsequent sobriety.

It sometimes feels like we’re living through a watershed moment for sobriety, in which it’s finally being celebrated rather than scorned. Sobriety used to be viewed practically as an admission of guilt for having once been an addict.

Now, addiction is understood as a mental health condition, and sobriety is rightfully seen as a triumph over a difficult disorder.

But, I digress. My point is that more celebrities than ever have gone public with their sobriety recently, and we’re now seeing a new…

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Benya Clark
Exploring Sobriety

I’m a lawyer turned writer from North Carolina. I write about sobriety, mental health, and more. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter at exploringsobriety.com.