Tom Holland has fully embraced life without alcohol, a journey he began two years ago when he decided to quit drinking altogether.
The 28-year-old Spider-Man actor first noticed his relationship with alcohol had become problematic when he attempted ‘Dry January’ following a “very, very, boozy December.”
“I decided to just give up for January, I wanted to do just dry January, and all I think about was taking a drink,” he shared during his conversation on Jay Shetty’s podcast last year.
“It was all I could think about. I was waking up thinking about it, I was checking the clock, ‘When’s it 12?’ And it just really scared me.”
Updating fans on his sobriety journey, Holland described the experience as “an amazing thing” and pointed out that public attitudes toward drinking are slowly changing.
“I think it’s great that, you know, people shouldn’t feel pressured to get wasted and drink for any other reason than being social,” he mentioned to Rich Roll on his podcast.
He also introduced his new non-alcoholic beer brand, BERO, saying: “I love it, and you know, with these non-alc beers now, I love the idea, of like, my mates come over on a Tuesday night, they’ve all got work at five in the morning tomorrow, we can share a few beers, but there’s no consequence to it, there’s no attachment to it the next day.”
He added: “You get rid of it and you get to live this life enriched, you don’t have to sacrifice anything.”
“Because I think you’re right, people think a life of sobriety is sacrificing the fun, but it really isn’t.”
“You just have to be bold enough to like take that step, to try it, and once you get across the line, you’re like ‘wow’.”
Reflecting on his earlier struggles with alcohol, he explained: “When I realised that alcohol wasn’t making my insecurity or bringing out my best self – it was actually doing the opposite.”
“I started to feel this freedom of ‘oh I can just be myself and I have nothing to be insecure about’.”
“That’s when I realised it started to get easier. I started to feel the benefit of not being tied to this drink.”
“The more I let go and relaxed, the more I started to feel the benefits of enjoying the freedom from alcohol.”
“I used to go to these parties and be like ‘I can’t speak to someone until I’m drunk’.”
“And now that I’ve kicked that and I’ve found replacements that make me feel like I’m part of the process without sacrificing my morning.”
“My next few days, has been so liberating.”
BERO is currently available in the US and is expected to launch soon in the UK.
