Home and Away star Emily Weir opens up about maintaining her sobriety during the festive season

Emily Weir reached an incredible milestone in April: staying sober for five years.

But the 32-year-old Home and Away star says he still faces a struggle to maintain his sobriety over the festive season.

While she’s “proud” of what she’s accomplished, she said there’s still a level of exclusion around Christmas because she can’t let go like those around her.

Emily Weir (pictured) reached an incredible milestone in April, reaching her five-year mark of sobriety. But the 32-year-old Home and Away actress revealed to The Daily Telegraph on Thursday that she still struggles with alcohol over the festive season.

There are lots of parties and lots of socializing. I guess I do feel, not the attraction or the urge to drink which has thankfully eased me, but how am I going to disperse my energy? How long do I want to be at that party before people get to that level where you can be nice? of excluded’, said the daily telegraph.

‘The truth is that I still feel a bit left out, not because people leave me out, but because I’m not on the same level.

“So I leave early and sometimes I feel sad, where I wish I didn’t have this problem, but then I’d rather be healthy and sane than the opposite, because if you don’t stay up front, for me Drinking again would really mean some trouble. serious.

While she’s “proud” of what she’s accomplished, she said there’s still a level of exclusion around Christmas because she can’t let go like those around her.

The soap star, who plays restaurateur Mackenzie Booth on Channel Seven, went on to say that the “contradiction” of being “proud” and wishing otherwise “is a normal part of being a sober person.”

He explained that “the price is too high” to gamble and was happy to make the social sacrifice for his sobriety.

It comes just as the Home and Away cast has wrapped up filming for the year, with Weir slated to star in the Christmas special Carols in the Domain.

“The truth is that I still feel a bit left out, not because people leave me out, but because I’m not on the same level,” she said.

After spending the holidays with his loved ones, he said that he will travel to Bali for his first solo adventure.

Weir landed her breakout role as Mackenzie on Home and Away in 2019.

Before that, he appeared on the television series The Sleepover Club in 2003.

The soap opera star, who plays restaurateur Mackenzie Booth, went on to say that the “contradiction” of being “proud” and wishing otherwise “is a normal part of being a sober person.”

Weir described his involvement with Home and Away as a dream come true in an interview with Stuff.

“It was like winning the lottery for me and all my family members,” he said.

‘My family still watches Home and Away. They call him homie. When Homie is on…everything just goes off. You’re not allowed to make calls or anything.

Weir landed her breakthrough role as Mackenzie in Home and Away in 2019