--- title: Chrissy Teigen on Cutting Back on Drinking at Awards Shows description: Chrissy Teigen is cutting back on her alcohol intake after realizing that her drinking was getting out of control canonical: https://time.com/4910810/chrissy-teigen-on-alcohol/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-22T15:48:50.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:46:41.486Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen: 'I Was, Point Blank, Just Drinking Too Much' og:description: Chrissy Teigen says she is cutting back on her alcohol intake og:url: https://time.com/4910810/chrissy-teigen-on-alcohol/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc473af6bd6cbab54/6988daa4fb4eac423a89365c/chrissy-teigen-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3428 og:image:height: 1928 og:image:alt: 5th Annual Beautycon Festival Los Angeles - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen: 'I Was, Point Blank, Just Drinking Too Much' twitter:description: Chrissy Teigen says she is cutting back on her alcohol intake twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc473af6bd6cbab54/6988daa4fb4eac423a89365c/chrissy-teigen-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen Talks About Her Relationship With Alcohol: 'I Was, Point Blank, Just Drinking Too Much' > Sponsored content. 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Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images by [Julie Mazziotta / People.com](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Julie Mazziotta / People.com Contributor Aug 22, 2017 3:48 PM UTC [Chrissy Teigen](http://people.com/tag/chrissy-teigen/) is cutting back on her alcohol intake after realizing that her drinking was getting out of control. The cookbook author admits that, “I was, point blank, just drinking too much,” [she told _Cosmopolitan_](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a12041473/chrissy-teigen-alcohol/) at the first Chase Sapphire Sundays: Brunch with Chrissy Teigen event. While eventgoers drank the unlimited cocktails and wine, _Cosmopolitan_ reports that Teigen stuck to Red Bull. The star explained that alcohol abuse runs in her family, and she’s someone who “can’t have just one drink.” “I got used to being in hair and makeup and having a glass of wine. Then that glass of wine would carry over into me having one before the awards show. And then a bunch at the awards show. And then I felt bad for making kind of an ass of myself to people that I really respected. And that feeling, there’s just nothing like that,” Teigen said. “You feel horrible. It’s not a good look for me, for John, for anybody.” Teigen, who is also [a spokesperson for Smirnoff](http://people.com/food/chrissy-teigen-mom-smirnoff-commercial/), says that alcohol is readily available for her as a celebrity, and that’s part of the problem. “Imagine everything we have,” Teigen said. “Everything is there, always. I don’t know how to go to an awards show and not drink.” Plus, Teigen says that she’s on medication [for postpartum depression](http://people.com/babies/chrissy-teigen-postpartum-depression-battle/) and anxiety and “alcohol is like the least thing that helps.” [The mom and wife](http://people.com/babies/chrissy-teigen-and-john-legends-daughter-baby-photos/welcome-home-luna/) gave [her body](http://people.com/babies/chrissy-teigen-body-after-baby-modeling/) a reset when the family [traveled to a wellness retreat in Bali](http://people.com/home/chrissy-teigen-john-legend-wear-traditional-balinese-garb-vacation-with-daughter-luna/), where she entirely abstained from alcohol. “\[It was\] really, really wonderful,” Teigen said. “I would wake up feeling amazing. My skin felt amazing. I was just so happy.” Now she’s considering going completely alcohol-free, particularly as she prepares for [another round of IVF treatments](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2015/09/29/chrissy-teigen-infertility-struggle-to-conceive-support/) in the [hopes of having a second child](http://celebritybabies.people.com/2016/02/24/chrissy-teigen-pregnant-more-ivf-big-family/). “I used to think it was kind of nutty to have to go totally sober, but now I get it,” Teigen said. “I don’t want to be that person. … I have to fix myself.” _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/bodies/chrissy-teigen-alcohol-drinking-too-much/) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://People.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4910810/chrissy-teigen-on-alcohol/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4910810/chrissy-teigen-on-alcohol/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen Talks About Her Relationship With Alcohol: 'I Was, Point Blank, Just Drinking Too Much'","datePublished":"2017-08-22T15:48:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:46:41.486Z","description":"Teigen explained that alcohol abuse runs in her family, and she’s someone who “can’t have just one drink”","url":"https://time.com/4910810/chrissy-teigen-on-alcohol/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Alcohol","celebrities","health","Chrissy Teigen","food and drink","john legend"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc473af6bd6cbab54/6988daa4fb4eac423a89365c/chrissy-teigen-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julie Mazziotta / People.com"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc473af6bd6cbab54/6988daa4fb4eac423a89365c/chrissy-teigen-alcohol.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"5th Annual Beautycon Festival Los Angeles - Arrivals","caption":"5th Annual Beautycon Festival Los Angeles - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4910810/chrissy-teigen-on-alcohol/","name":"Chrissy Teigen Talks About Her Relationship With Alcohol: 'I Was, Point Blank, Just Drinking Too Much'"}}]}] ```