Vanderpump Rules’ Lala Kent’s Sober Journey: Photos

Vanderpump Rules star Lala Kent celebrated five years of sobriety in October 2023 after hitting “rock bottom” and turning her life around.

The reality star has documented the wins and challenges she faces in her sobriety journey ever since.

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In December 2018, Lala spoke in an Instagram Story video about the moment she accepted she was an alcoholic.

“Five months ago, I came to the realization that I am an alcoholic,” Lala said in the video at the time. “I always say if you don’t have to be sober, I wouldn’t recommend it, but me — as someone who does need to be sober — being in my right frame of mind every single day is truly incredible,” she continued in the video.

From her “rock bottom” moment to the “light at the end of the tunnel,” see how Lala achieved — and has kept — her sobriety.

Quitting Alcohol

On October 22, 2018, Lala quit drinking alcohol after accepting five months earlier she was an alcoholic. In a December 2018 Instagram Story, she credited Bill Wilson’s Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step program for “giving her a new life.” She ended the video on a hopeful note: “When I’m having the roughest day that I could possibly have, I — for once in a very, very long time — see the light at the end of the tunnel. I know that tomorrow I’m gonna be okay.”

1 Year Sober

Lala celebrated her “exciting” and “humbling” first year of sobriety in an October 2019 Instagram post. “This is the biggest accomplishment I’ve ever had in my life and the one I am most proud of,” she wrote in the post. “The moments I have had in the past year have been a blessing that I have been present for. I didn’t have that before. Because today, and every day after that, I will fight for it. But I won’t give it up for anything.”

2 Years Sober

Now pregnant with her first child with then-fiancé, Hollywood producer Randall Emmett, Lala marked her two years of sobriety in a since-deleted October 2020 Instagram post. “When I’m feeling weak, I call my sponsor,” she wrote at the time. “I go to meetings (sign onto them, now) to keep my spirits high and to remember why I made this life-changing choice.” Lala ended the post with “#1year9months2days.”

3 Years Sober

On her three-year anniversary of becoming sober, Lala took to Instagram again with a reflective post. “I can’t believe it. … It is one day at a time, but I will say, I have never felt so strong in my sobriety,” she wrote in the October 2021 post. Lala described her sobriety journey as her “first priority” and the “proudest thing” she has ever done after becoming a mother.

4 Years Sober

Lala rung in her fourth year of sobriety with a family visit to the pumpkin patch and some words of motivation for herself. She captioned an October 2022 Instagram post from the trip with, “Being present for my daughter… that part is priceless. I’m grateful, & extremely humbled by each birthday that passes.” Lala added some motivational words to herself: “But y’all, I am proooooud! Hell yessss, Lala. You better work, girl.”

5 Years Sober

On the reality star’s fifth sober anniversary, she was feeling extra reflective about her journey so far. “On this day I replay my rock bottom moment,” she wrote in an October 2023 Instagram post. “All the details of what happened on this day. Waking up, admitting I was powerless, and for the first time in many years seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.” Lala said she is “so grateful” for her progress and added that she “will continue to work hard for [her] sobriety, & take a moment of silence for the alcoholic who still suffers.” She ended the post with, “I see you- I love you. Thank you, God. Happy birthday to me!”