Craig
Conover
is
revealing
the “aha”
moment
he
realized
he
needed
to
quit
drinking.
After
finally
telling
longtime
BFF
Austen
Kroll
that
he
had
been
privately
battling
alcohol
addiction,
the
Southern
Charm
star
recounted
their “breakthrough”
conversation
about
his
newly
sober
lifestyle
to
then-girlfriend
Paige
DeSorbo
during
the
Bravo
series’
March
13
episode.
“He
basically—which
is
insane—was
like, ‘You’re
getting
sober
to
keep
up
an
image,'”
Craig
told
the
Summer
House
star. “So,
I
finally
was
like, ‘No,
I’m
getting
sober
because
I’m
an
addict.’
And
the
day
after
this
talk,
Austen
was
very
good
about
being
like, ‘Hey,
can
I
get
you
a
soda
water?’
Something
clicked
for
him,
but
I
just
can’t
believe
we
got
to
that
point.”
Paige
called
Austen’s
initial
reaction
to
Craig
cleaning
up
his
act “so
f–king
weird”
before
noting, “If
one
of
my
friends
was
like, ‘I’m
trying
not
to
drink
for
a
couple
months,’
I’d
be
like, ‘Sick.'”
However,
Craig
admitted
he
was
still
getting
comfortable
with
sharing
his
addiction
battle
with
the
world.
“I
cried
when
I
said
addict
though,”
the
Sewing
Down
South
founder
shared. “You
feel
paper
thin.
I
just
had
never—other
than
talking
to
you
or
my
parents—had
never
said
it
to
anyone.
It
was
a
huge
step
in
making
us
whole
again.”
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