Osher Gunsberg speaks candidly about quitting alcohol

He’s the host of the Bachelor who has previously spoken about his struggles with alcohol and depression.

And Osher Gunsberg has spoken again about his almost eight year sobriety, admitting he previously didn’t have a ‘healthy relationship with alcohol’.

In a video interview with Hello Sunday Morning on Monday, Osher detailed his decision to become a teetotaller.

Open book: Osher Gunsberg has spoken again about his almost eight year sobriety in a candid chat with Hello Sunday Morning, admitting he didn’t have a ‘healthy relationship with alcohol’

‘I haven’t drunk for eight years – in a couple of weeks it will be eight years, but before I stopped drinking I didn’t have a healthy relationship with alcohol,’ Osher admitted.

He continued: ‘I knew my relationship with alcohol was unhealthy when every single time I drank, something that I did not feel okay about happened.

‘I would hurt someone’s feelings or I would say something that, you know, impacted my career, or I would do something or break something or just generally be not a nice human being to be around and I was unable to stop that.’

Struggle: I knew my relationship with alcohol was unhealthy when every single time I drank, something that I did not feel okay about happened,’ Osher said

Osher added that he knew it was time to put a cork in it when he realised he was no longer able to stop at just one drink.

‘I was unable to control when I drank and that was the other really big one – it was no longer a choice to drink. It was: “I have to have a drink…and that wasn’t okay.’

He went on to admit that the decision was one of the most positive he’s ever made. 

‘I knew my relationship with alcohol was unhealthy when every single time I drank, something that I did not feel okay about happened’  Osher – formerly Andrew G -said quitting alcohol was one of the most positive things he’s ever done 

‘With me, once I started I was unable to stop so the only choice I had to make was just not pick up the first one and bad things stopped happening all the time. It was like magic.’

Osher first publicly spoke about his struggles with depression during his days as host of Australian Idol on the Kyle and Jackie O show in 2015.

He revealed his depression plunged to extreme lows during filming and he consequently became a recluse when not on air. 

Osher added that he knew it was time to put a cork in the bottle when he realised he was no longer able stop at just one

‘You honestly never knew that when we were working together?’ Osher asked radio host Kyle Sandilands, who was a judge on the Channel Ten reality show from 2005 to 2009.

‘Remember when we were on tour with Idol? I didn’t leave the hotel room. I just wouldn’t,’ Osher confessed.  ‘I was too afraid to leave the room.’

He continued: ‘It’s like a wound that’s infected that you think will get better – it won’t. It just gets worse until one day it all explodes.’

Problem: ‘I was unable to control when i drank and that was the other really big one – it was no longer a choice to drink. It was: “I have to have a drink…and that wasn’t okay.’ Osher is pictured with wife Audrey Griffen

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