Actor Drew Barrymore has spoken out about her decision to become sober revealing that she hasn`t had alcohol in two and half years. According to Fox News, while promoting an interview she did with Machine Gun Kelly about prioritizing mental health, Barrymore told the hosts of CBS Morning, "I`m just going to say something for the first time in a long time: I have not had a drink of alcohol in two and a half years. And it was something that I realized just did not serve me in my life." 

Barrymore also discussed why she chose to seek help after her "painful" 2016 divorce from Will Kopelman and how social media can be a dangerous medium for young girls. "I wasn`t doing very well, and I just wanted to go talk to some people and how to pull myself out of a hole, and I had these two kids [daughters Olive and Frankie] that I had to fight for and I needed help," she admitted.