Kyle Richards just marked a major milestone.
As Bravoholics may recall, on the Season 13 premiere of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in October 2023, Kyle opened up about why she decided to cut alcohol out of her life. “It’s been seven-and-a-half months now that I have not had one drop of alcohol,” she said. “I just really felt like alcohol wasn’t serving me. I wanted to do whatever it took to make me feel better physically and spiritually.”
Now, Kyle is celebrating that decision, hopping on her Instagram on July 17 with a lengthy message about the ups and downs she’s faced since going alcohol-free two years ago.
“This week was my 2 year anniversary of being alcohol-free (July 15th) I can remember a time when the idea of going 2 weeks seemed impossible. I’m proud of the fact that I’ve had the willpower to stay on this path,” Kyle began in the caption of a photo of herself flexing in the mirror of her home gym. “I know many people would love for me to start drinking again. Even friends with the best of intentions. Everyone loved ‘Party Kyle.’ I think that was the hardest part of all of this. The resistance from others. The old me, the people pleaser, did struggle with that aspect of it. And I realized right away that I wasn’t going to have a ton of encouragement.
Kyle added that she’s “dropped enough splits and whipped enough ponytails” in her day to have moved on from drinking, though she “may still drop a split here and there” while sober.
Kyle Richards opens up about her “mental and physical health” amid alcohol-free journey
“My mental and physical health became a lot more important to me than feeling like I had to be ‘on’ at a party or social setting,” she continued. “I’m not going to lie… the fact that I looked better because I wasn’t drinking was also [an] incentive to not veer from the road I am on. But the real reward is how I feel on the inside. I feel strong, energetic, and grateful for my body. I want to take care of it like it has taken care of me.”
Kyle Richards of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills posts on her Instagram story. Photo: Kyle Richards/Instagram
Kyle was also sure to note that the “difficult times” she’s currently going through would be “a lot harder” were she still drinking, hence propelling her to “want to wake up every day” feeling “mentally [and] physically strong enough to face whatever comes my way.”
“Many strangers come up to me and tell me that I have inspired them to start their own alcohol-free journey. That makes me happy and inspires me in return,” Kyle added. “So, thank you for that. I often think of the Ernest Hemingway quote ‘I drink to make other people more interesting.’ Pers