Jessica Simpson is celebrating eight years sober amid her ongoing divorce from estranged husband, Eric Johnson. "8 years ago today I made the choice to confront, to confess and to let go of the self-sabotaging parts of my life that I was choosing," the singer wrote via Instagram. "Making that decision allowed me to fully live in the pursuit of God's purpose for my life. Alcohol silenced my intuition, blocked my dreams and chased my circulating fears of complacency." Accompanied by a smiling selfie, the TV star continued, "Today I am clear. Today I am driven by faith. Both fear and faith are something that we feel and may not see, I'm so happy I chose faith over fear. It was not in the fight that I found my strength, it was in the surrender." The I Wanna Love You Forever singer has been candid regarding her previous substance abuse issues and sobriety journey, previously explaining that she relied on alcohol to help her cope with past traumas. "I honestly couldn't even tell you who got them ready," Simpson said during a January 2020 interview on Today, referring to her children at Halloween in 2017. "I was dazed and confused, and I just wanted to go to sleep. "I didn't take them trick-or-treating," she continued. "I didn't show up for my family. I took the picture and I made the world think that I had showed up." Simpson shares three children with her estranged husband. The pair announced their split in January 2025 after 10 years of marriage.