The Dancing With The Stars pro, 38, talked about how years of sexual and emotional abuse drove her to become an alcoholic as a kind of self-medication in the most recent edition of Red Table Talk.
She also discussed how dance had helped her turn her suffering into a fresh sense of purpose.
Regarding her addiction, she remarked, “I was just in survival mode.” “I drank wine to relax. I’m a drug addict. I managed to be an addict. What’s wrong with you? folks would ask me when I wasn’t drinking.
What addiction did Cheryl Burke have?
After years of being sexually and psychologically abused, Cheryl Burke recalls drinking alcohol to “numb” her trauma: I had a working addiction. Cheryl Burke is still being developed.
How long has Cheryl been sober?
The professional dancer, who gave up drinking in 2018 after being engaged to the Boy Meets World star, said she had been clean for “two years” in September 2020.