Pooja Bhatt marks four years of sobriety, expresses 'gratitude to life' with a message

Actor-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt on Thursday celebrated her four years of abstinence from alcohol and said she is grateful towards life for giving her strength to overcome diction. Pooja Bhatt took to Twitter and posted a photograph of a picturesque pink sky, writing it has been marked departure from her earlier lifestyle of spending time in "packed city bars".

"Four years sober today! Earlier it was pink champagne, malt and packed city bars. w it is pink skies and deserted country ros. What an enriching, searing journey it has been. Gratitude to life and divine force that has watched over me, kept me true, vulnerable, strong. #sobrietyrocks," 48-year-old actor wrote.

On Instagram, Pooja wrote, "We live life forward but we understand it backwards.. four years sober today! A milestone,yes. Though plenty more to go. night I drained a glass of wine and promised myself that would be last,I ensured from n on,my glass overflowed with life. Gratitude & grace are my constants w. need for validation from any source whatsoever, a distant past. Universe conspires to give you more than you could dream of if you muster up gumption to surrender to a higher force & take responsibility for all your actions."

"To all of you out re who continue to slay your demons,day after day-I salute you & feel houred to be bound somehow to your journeys. To ones who fall and get up each time with humility and more resolve I send all my love and compassion. To ones who say to yourselves and permit ors to tell you that ‘you can’t’, I say vehemently “YOU CAN”. Just take first step and watch yourself truly fly! Much,much love!," she furr ded.

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Pooja Bhatt, who has been open about her struggles with alcohol, previously said she quit drinking because she thought she h fallen into "trap of diction myself and only way to get out of it was to ackwledge it to myself".

Pooja Bhatt was last seen in this year's Sak 2 in a special appearance. She will next be seen in Bombay Begums, a Netflix series directed by Alankrita Shrivastava.

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(With PTI inputs)