Jeremy Clarkson encounters ‘serious problem’ on flight to holiday<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n Taking to social media on Wednesday, Sir Elton revealed in n emotional and celebratory statement that he has been sober almost 40 years.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “36 years sober today. Raising a zero per cent glass to life. Grateful for every single day.”\n<\/p>\n
\n His addiction began in the 1970s and worsened through the 1980s as a way to cope with shyness and the heavy pressure of stardom.\n<\/p>\n
\n Sir Elton previously described himself as a “broken man” whose soul was “like a charred piece of steak” before checking into Parkside Lutheran Hospital in Chicago.\n<\/p>\n
\n And now, his announcement on his sobriety has prompted his fans to to rally around him with support.\n<\/p>\n
\n One fan said: “We are still standing… Thank you Createor. We are in it together.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Another said: “One of the best performers of all time. I love your music. Happy sober birthday!”\n<\/p>\n
\n While a third added: “Congrats!!!! One of the hardest things anyone can do!”\n<\/p>\n
\n And a fourth said: “What an incredible achievement! You’re an inspiration on and off stage Elton John.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Famed for Your Song, Rocket Man, Tiny Dancer and much more, the flamboyant popstar has become one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-718908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}