Valerie Bertinelli Cries Over ‘emotionally Excruciating’ Personal Struggle As She Battles To Stay Sober

Valerie Bertinelli became affectional arsenic she opened up astir her conflict to support her sobriety while experiencing "emotionally excruciating feelings." 

The 65-year-old erstwhile Food Network star, who has been sober since January 2024, precocious took to Instagram to station respective videos successful which she candidly addressed fighting nan impulse to portion during a difficult clip successful her life. 

"I've been going done immoderate really intense, uncomfortable, sad, emotionally excruciating feelings nan past fewer days, and I want to drink. I want to numb it. I don't want to consciousness it," Bertinelli admitted. 

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Valerie Bertinelli cried arsenic she admitted to battling pinch staying sober while experiencing "emotionally excruciating feelings." (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

She continued, "But my logical mind is like, 'No, you don't want to do that. You don't want to numb it. You cognize what will thief you consciousness amended is to conscionable consciousness nan feelings. Get done to nan different side. Have a bully cry.' And yet, I can't cry."

The "One Day astatine a Time" alum shared that she was besides struggling pinch resisting indulging successful unhealthy nutrient arsenic she dealt pinch her emotions. Over nan past fewer years, Bertinelli has spoken retired astir her wellness travel and her determination to extremity weighing herself. 

"I want to eat it distant too," she said. "Like I want eat thing that I cognize isn't needfully going to put a batch of vitamins and minerals and fibre and macromolecule into my body. The things that my assemblage needs. Because I conscionable want to numb these f---ed-up feelings."

Valerie Bertinelli first said astir becoming sober successful January 2024. (Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images)

"So you cognize what I'm gonna do?" Bertinelli told her followers successful different clip. "I'm going to travel connected nan net and portion a watermelon because I emotion watermelon."

"It's watermelon season, and a watermelon will make maine consciousness better, but it won't make maine numb my feelings," she added arsenic she teared up.

The two-time Emmy Award victor proceeded to group a watermelon connected a cutting committee and began carving nan fruit.

"Slice nan watermelon pinch me, OK?" Bertinelli told her fans. "We're going to eat watermelon, but I'm not eating excessively galore feelings." 

"I'm going to consciousness my feelings while I portion nan watermelon," she added pinch a laugh. 

In a follow-up video, Bertinelli began to outcry arsenic she sliced nan watermelon. 

"It's gonna sensation really good," she said arsenic she displayed nan watermelon which she trim successful half. "This is my favourite clip of year. It's watermelon season."

The character explained that she was besides resisting nan impulse to eat unhealthy foods. (Dominik Bindl/Getty Images)

Bertinelli emphasized nan value of facing achy emotions successful a consequent clip.

"I person these feelings," she said. "I'm not going to talk astir why I person them, wherever they came from, but I do want to talk astir feelings and really erstwhile we suppress them, erstwhile we numb them, it only makes them stronger."

"And it doesn't make america consciousness amended astir ourselves," she continued. "What happens is erstwhile we numb them, we consciousness bad astir what we've done to numb nan feelings. So past that adds connected to immoderate shame that we whitethorn person astir those feelings. And it conscionable adds an other furniture of shame, which is what we don't want. We conscionable wanna be, for illustration if we're sad, we conscionable wanna to beryllium sad. We conscionable want to beryllium sad."

Bertinelli explained that choosing to eat patient nutrient for illustration watermelons made her "happy."

"Because it tastes truthful bully and it's sewage vitamins and h2o and fibre and minerals," Bertinelli said.

"And I'm not numbing my feelings," she said while continuing to cry. "I conscionable cognize that I consciousness sad and it's conscionable a feeling. It'll pass. Because I'm strong, and I'm good. I conscionable hap to consciousness sad correct now, and I'll get done it, and truthful tin you. We don't person to portion intoxicant aliases eat nutrient to numb feelings that we conscionable request to feel, truthful that these feelings tin past consciousness heard."

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Bertinelli explained nan value of "not numbing my feelings." (Getty Images)

"Feelings are information," Bertinelli continued successful nan past video of her slideshow.

"So now, each clip I want to wallow successful my sadness, which I don't want to do — I'm conscionable going to person a wound of watermelon and inquire my feelings what they want to show me," she said arsenic she lifted up a instrumentality of sliced watermelon.

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"Hope this was helpful," the character concluded pinch a laugh.

Bertinelli reiterated her connection successful nan caption of her post, writing, "Feel your feelings. Do your champion not to numb them. Feelings are information. Ask them what they need. Feel them. Get to nan different side."

In a follow-up post, Bertinelli shared a much cheerful update arsenic she expressed her gratitude to her followers for their support. She noted really she felt little unsocial aft fans posted their ain stories of struggling pinch achy feelings successful nan comments. 

"Hey, conscionable a speedy convey you," nan TV personality said pinch a smile. "I sometimes americium incredibly amazed and reminded and and being reminded of really galore astonishing group location are retired location So I conscionable wanted to opportunity convey you and convey you for sharing pinch each different successful my comments section, supporting each other, supporting me. I support you."

"It's conscionable a really awesome emotion erstwhile you don't consciousness unsocial successful emotion something," she continued. 

Bertinelli later shared a much cheerful update and thanked her fans for their support.  (Nathan Congleton/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

"And I ended up eating nan full watermelon that time and I'm not ashamed of that," Bertinelli added pinch a laugh. "Because I still felt each my feelings. I sewage to nan different broadside and I'm successful a amended spot and I americium conscionable grateful." 

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"And moreover for those of you that wrote really offended you were, you cognize that you don't person to really watch my videos and you don't person to remark that you tin conscionable support going. It's OK. I'm not going to disturb your world if you don't want maine to, but to each nan remainder of you, convey you. I conscionable emotion that we're doing each this together."