Paris Jackson celebrates 5 years of sobriety from alcohol and heroin with empowering post

Paris Jackson celebrated five years of sobriety from alcohol and heroin with an emotional video shared to her Instagram on Tuesday.

“hi, i’m pk and i’m an alcoholic and a heroin addict,” Jackson, 26, wrote in the caption of her post on Jan. 7.

The video began with a montage of clips in which she was seen drinking booze and using drugs and transitioned into showing her enjoying several happy moments in life.

“Today marks 5 years clean & sober from all drugs and alcohol,” she continued. “to say that i’m thankful would be a poor euphemism.”

The daughter of the late Michael Jackson admitted that the word gratitude “hardly scratches the surface” of how she is feeling about reaching the milestone.

“it’s because i’m sober that i get to smile today. i get to make music. i get to experience the joy of loving my dogs and cat,” she wrote. “i get to feel heartbreak in all it’s glory. i get to grieve. i get to laugh. i get to dance. i get to trust. i feel the sun on my skin and it’s warm.”

She continued, “i’ve found that life keeps happening regardless of whether i’m sober or not, but today i get to show up for it.”

Paris said that the powerful video was a “little snapshot” of how she has been able to live her life because of her sobriety.

“My god i can’t believe i almost missed it all. thanks,” she concluded, along with Tuesday’s date.

The video showed the “Running For So Long” singer before she was clean and captured her partying and, at one point, crying amid her addiction.

Paris then proudly showed photos of her sobriety chips after being sober for one day, five months, six months, nine months, 18 months, 1 year, 11 months, two years, three years, four years and five years.

The model posted back-to-back clips laughing and dancing with friends.

She was also seen making music, meeting a baby bat, walking the red carpet at a Christian Louboutin event during Paris Fashion Week 2023, performing live on a stage, and rock climbing.

She featured her fiancé Justin Long in several clips where the duo looked cuddly and loved up, as well as some blissful moments she spent with her dogs.

“To those that helped me on this journey, if only for just the beginning, middle, or the whole time so far, you know who you are and i owe you my life. Thank you,” she wrote in the video, adding, “5 years. THANK GOD.”

Paris reportedly checked into a treatment facility for her emotional health in 2019.

The “Gringo” actress revealed that she had engaged in cutting herself and attempted suicide.

“It was just self-hatred, low self-esteem, thinking that I couldn’t do anything right, not thinking I was worthy of living anymore,” Paris told Rolling Stone magazine in 2017.

“I was crazy. I was actually crazy,” she said at the time. “I was going through a lot of, like teen, angst. And I was also dealing with my depression and my anxiety without any help.”

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988.