Lily Allen: Suicidal and Her Struggle with Sobriety After Split - Addiction/Recovery eBulletin

LIFE ON LIFE’S TERMS SUCKS –

Oct. a6, 2025 – ‘The feelings of despair that I was experiencing were so strong. It was excruciating to sit with that,’ said the 40-year-old singer. She had suicidal thoughts and struggled to maintain her sobriety following her split from David Harbour. The Smile singer, 40, parted ways from her Stranger Things actor husband, 50, in December after five years of marriage.

Speaking in the November issue of British Vogue, Allen said she came close to relapsing after their break-up following six years of being sober.

“The feelings of despair that I was experiencing were so strong. The last time that I felt anything like that, drugs and alcohol were my way out, so it was excruciating to sit with those [feelings] and not to use them,” she said.  

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