Singer Liam Payne revealed he was sober in 2022, after opening up on the Diary of a CEO podcast about struggling with alcohol and drug abuse during the height of One Direction's fame. He returned to his YouTube channel last summer to record a personal message to fans about his absence from the platform, in which he outlined a rehab facility he visited in Louisiana and that he has made the choice to go sober.
"I was having a drink, and then I was like, 'You know what? This just isn't serving me at all; I don't really need this right now,' and it's the first time I've ever put a drink down without telling someone I'm finished, I don't need it," he said. "And I haven't picked one up since, which has almost been six months [as of July 2023], which I'm excited about. It's good to be in this position, and I definitely don't need those things anymore. The party's over."