Even amid a widespread lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, there are still things to celebrate.
For Heather Locklear, that involves celebrating one year of being sober.
The 58-year-old actress went on Instagram on April 21 to share her milestone and also included a quote attributed to Maya Angelou.
“Hugs will come later!” Locklear wrote in the caption. “1 year sober today!!!”
“She is doing great and looks great,” said a friend of the star. “What’s most important is today and the next day and the future and she’s in a great place.”
The friend added, “She is gardening and taking walks and cooking like a fiend. She cooks for herself and Ava, and she cooks for her parents.
“She is passionately getting into cooking. It’s very sweet, her dad is close to 91 and her mom is in her 80s and she delivers food to them often. It’s so thoughtful. She’s strong and clear-headed and she’s thoughtful about others.”
“She’s in a great place.”
Last May, reports surfaced saying that the Melrose Place actress was staying at an in-patient facility.
“She went back to rehab two weeks ago. She went back to the place she left before Christmas. She had left for three days right before Christmas and never gone back,” the source said at the time.
Three months after, Locklear went on Instagram to celebrate her sobriety and even shared a photo of a poster with the words, “You’re still sober keep that s— up.”
A month later, the actress completed a court-ordered 30-day stay at a private rehab center.
Even during her ups and downs during that time, Locklear maintained a “loving and supportive relationship” with her daughter.
“Ava has a very loving and supportive relationship with her mom,” the source said back then. “And as painful it is, she knows that it’s in her mom’s hands and God’s hands. All she can do is like anybody else, just pray and support.”
Locklear constantly mentions her daughter, a senior at Loyola Marymount University, in her Instagram posts.
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