Karen Hauer, a professional dancer for Strictly Come Dancing, openly and openly about her sobering accomplishments in a heartfelt Instagram post.
Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Karen Hauer shared an emotional post as she entered 2026 and detailed her journey with sobriety. The star candidly revealed that the ‘bravest thing’ she has done was to ‘stop running from’ herself as she celebrated one year of being alcohol free.
As she shared a black and white picture of herself sat against a wall, the dancer appeared radiant. One year without alcohol, she wrote in the caption. For the first time, I confronted my raw self: terrified, depressed, and angry. also clearer. a break “Progressing”
“I hid behind” just having fun, Karen said, “but deep down I was closing my eyes tightly, gritting my teeth, hoping the pain would stop.” Turns out, I must have stopped running from myself, which is the bravest thing I have ever done.
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She continued, “I’m getting better at allowing myself to feel what I do and reasoning with myself.” Even when my mind overthinks and my heart rate rises. I’m okay with that because that’s how I go about healing.
“Here’s to many more positive days ahead, with love, support and my little family – Simon and my four gorgeous dogs. Take care of yourselves in 2026”.
Karen was flooded with support by friends and fans as one person wrote: “Always proud of you 2026 here we come!”, while another added: “Proud Karen Happy New Year to you all bring on 2026”.
It comes as Karen, who is currently dating ex-rug player Simon Davidson, recently broke up on Paul C. Brunson’s We Need to Talk podcast after giving an account of her toxic relationship with Jordan Wyn-Jones.
Karen claimed that her ex-boyfriend had left her in “panic mode” and that she had been emotionally battered. She stated to the Celebs Go Dating expert, “…
“Love shouldn’t be in panic mode; I was just in panic mode,” he said. The dancer said, “I almost feel like he made up things for me to scare me,” adding, “I don’t want to go anywhere.”
“But it’s okay and I get on with it, I get on with it, and smile because I don’t want to make things up,” she says, “but that’s the state I’ve lived in.” Because that was the only way I could survive the day, that kept the peace, I was lying to my family and friends as well, which they were also seeing.
Karen expressed her concern over autoimmune disease alopecia, which has caused her to lose hair. She thinks the stress at the time was what it was putting her body through.
Source: Mirror
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