25 Celebrities Who Have Opened Up About Not Drinking Alcohol

If we're feeling tempted to drink, we can only imagine how tempting the glitz and glam of the Hollywood party scene must be! Even though it's hard not to picture stars sipping on freshly popped bottles of Veuve Clicquot, there are actually tons of celebrities who've decided to go alcohol-free for a variety of reasons — and they're much happier for it. Here are 25 who prove that the sober life is often the best life.

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Bradley Cooper
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Bradley Cooper

Wanting a better life, Cooper gave up alcohol at the age of 29, telling The Hollywood Reporter: "I don't drink or do drugs at all anymore . . . Being sober helps a great deal."

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Matthew Perry
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Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry has embraced the sober life and now wants to help others do the same. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he said, "I've had a lot of ups and downs in my life and a lot of wonderful accolades . . . but the best thing about me is that if an alcoholic comes up to me and says, 'Will you help me stop drinking?' I will say, 'Yes. I know how to do that.'"

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Leona Lewis
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Leona Lewis

Leona Lewis does not need alcohol to have fun. "I don't drink," she told InStyle. "I haven't for years, it tastes like hairspray to me — I can have a great time without alcohol. I don't need that to get me up on the dancefloor, I'm there already. I'll sometimes have a little Red Bull. That's my little buzz."

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Russell Brand
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Russell Brand

In 2012, Russell Brand posted a celebratory Facebook post regarding his sobriety: "10 years clean today. Thanks for all your messages of love. Anyone can get clean, one day at a time."

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Lucy Hale
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Lucy Hale

In an interview with Byrdie, Lucy Hale said her best life involves no alcohol. She simply has "no interest" in the Hollywood party scene anymore.

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Jennifer Lopez
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Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez has announced on several occasions that she doesn't drink. In 2003, she told Women's Health: "I think that ruins your skin. Of course, during celebratory toasts, everybody's like, 'You can't toast with water!' So I'll toast with alcohol and just take a sip."

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Kat Von D
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Kat Von D

Kat Von D has also chosen to abstain from drinking. In July 2017, she proclaimed her latest milestone on her Instagram: "Today I celebrate 10 years of sobriety."

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Jim Carrey
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Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey doesn't believe in mind-altering substances and rarely even drinks coffee. In an interview with CBS, he said: "I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful."

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Gillian Jacobs
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Gillian Jacobs

Unlike her character in Love, Gillian Jacobs is not a fan of alcohol. "I've never had a drink in my life," she told Jimmy Kimmel.

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Rob Lowe
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Rob Lowe

In his book Stories I Only Tell My Friends, Rob Lowe spilled all the details on why he decided to become sober. "21 years sober," he told NPR. "I wanted to change, I wanted a new life. Different people take different events to get them to that place. Some people have to go way, way down and other people don't."

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Kim Kardashian
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Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian is notorious for her sober, healthy lifestyle. She once told People: "I do not drink alcohol at all . . . My sisters drink, so when they get a little crazy, I am there to pull them down."

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Sarah Silverman
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Sarah Silverman

Sarah Silverman proves that comedy and sobriety are not mutually exclusive. In her interview with The Guardian, she said, "I have a Jewish stomach or something. I just don't like the taste of alcohol. My boyfriend will open up a bottle of wine and I will take a sip and pull a face. It tastes like poison."

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Daniel Radcliffe
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Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe openly made the decision to remain sober. In his interview with Telegraph, he said, "It's lovely. I barely think about it [alcohol]."

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Naomi Campbell
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Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell has found joy in her sobriety. She has given multiple interviews about how not drinking has made her a happier person.

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Jada Pinkett Smith
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Jada Pinkett Smith

Jada Pinkett Smith has been sober for 20 years. She has done extensive work to help those suffering from addiction, and in a post on Facebook, she wrote: "I've learned that recovery isn't just for those suffering from substance abuse, but that recovery is about recovering from our traumas, abuse, neglect, abandonment, lack of self-worth, disappointments, failed relationships, the loss of loved ones and so on."

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Brad Pitt
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Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt has given up alcohol, proclaiming in an interview with GQ magazine that he "[Doesn't] want to live that way anymore." Instead, he's replaced booze with "Cranberry juice and fizzy water."

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Kelly Preston
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Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston has decided that sobriety is the best way to live. In an interview on Lifetime's The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet, she said, "I know myself so much more now . . . Now I don't drink anymore. I don't smoke anymore. I don't do drugs anymore."

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Jennifer Hudson
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Jennifer Hudson

After playing a heroin addict in The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete, Hudson told Chelsea Handler: "I've never done anything, so that was hard to play this role. I've never had a drink in my life. I'm sober."

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Calvin Harris
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Calvin Harris

Calvin Harris has made the decision to stay sober, revealing in his interview with BBC: "I don't do much partying nowadays. I'm a very serious guy. I'm a professional, so no. I've stopped drinking."

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Kristin Davis
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Kristin Davis

Kristin Davis understands the dangers of alcohol and lives a better life without it. She's spoken about it in several interviews, telling The Week: "Every once in a while, I'll be with friends and they'll be drinking red wine and I'll think, in a really innocent way, 'Oh wow, that's such a wonderful glass of red wine. Wouldn't it be fun to drink it?' Maybe it would be fine, but it's really not worth the risk."

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Christina Ricci
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Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci has made the decision to abstain from alcohol. In her 2008 interview with BlackBook, she said, "For about ten years I've been pretty much not drinking . . . I didn't think it was very good for my life."

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Tobey Maguire
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Tobey Maguire

Tobey Maguire is strict about his no-alcohol rule. In an interview with The Guardian, he said, "I stopped consuming any mind-altering substances when I was 19 years old. And I've been abstinent since then."

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Blake Lively
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Blake Lively

Blake Lively has never had an interest in alcohol. In an interview with Allure magazine, she said, "I don't drink. I've never tried a drug . . . It's just something that I genuinely don't have a desire for."