Flavor Flav Celebrates 4 Years Of Sobriety And Shares His Mental Health Journey

Flavor Flav is celebrating a big milestone while helping others in their own journeys.

The well-known rapper and hype man shared an Instagram post on Thursday in honor of World Mental Health Day that explained he was paying it forward while sharing some of his own story.

Flavor Flav Paid It Forward On World Mental Health Day

Flavor Flav, 65, is celebrating an upcoming milestone with a social media post that could potentially help many people.

"October is an important month for my mental health. Next week, I am 4 years sober from alcohol. And today, is mental health awareness day. My mental health is an important part of my sobriety journey," he wrote in his Instagram caption shared on October 10.

"I talk to a therapist. In fact, I talk to two. I gots a crazy schedule and travels, my manager recommended trying out Sonia - an AI therapist that has been there for me like Janet Jackson says - Any Time Any Place."

In honor of the day, Flavor Flav "reached out to the Sonia team to cover the cost of subscriptions for anyone who signs up today."

He concluded his caption by saying, "Help me help you."

Flavor Flav Began A Conversation About Mental Health

Flavor Flav's Instagram post quickly grabbed tons of positive attention. Many dropped into the comment section to keep the mental health conversation going, and some thanked him for his kind help.

"So cool Flav. Haven’t been able to get a therapist in a couple of years due to insurance. I downloaded instantly. Thank u for all u do for this world," one person wrote in the comments. Another added, "You are amazing. Congrats on your sobriety. And also that's really cool about that Sonia app I'm gonna check it out."

One person shared how reading Flav's post made them feel. "I never dreamed I’d hear you hype for a community of people just like me, or that even the original hype man sometimes might need someone to hype him up too. It feels so much less lonely. It feels like this time I’m really really being the one hyped up, cheered for, thought worthy. Thanks a lot Flav. From the bottom of my heart. Thank you for all of it, but a lot for this one in particular."

Another viewer shared, "Thank you for being the change we all need in this world. You are doing great things, big things, for so many people. You make me smile and I am very happy to think of all the people that you’re helping with this. Love to you and everyone in the comments."

'3 Years Sober and 1 Day at a Time'

Last year, Flav celebrated the three-year anniversary of his sobriety on Instagram and was met with tons of support and kind words.

"So awesome!! Keep going One Day At A Time," one person wrote. Another said, "This is the ultimate flex! God bless you and keep up the greatness."

In January 2023, Flav openly admitted that no one knew exactly what was going on with him at the height of his addiction. During an appearance on "Off the Record with DJ Akademiks" podcast, he revealed how much he was spending on drugs.

"There was a time that I was spending $2,400 to $2,600 a day...for six years straight, you do the math," he said. "That's how much I spent on drugs."

He also said that during the worst part of his addiction, he was spending nearly $1 million a year on drugs.

Flavor Flav Is The Ultimate Hype Man!

It's not a secret that Flav prides himself on his hype man abilities in all situations. He recently took his positive, high-energy persona to Paris to help hype up the women's water polo team.

"You want people to have energy. You want people to have fun, the whole nine. You want to hype them up and bring them into the moment. A lot of people that’s not really having fun, I don’t call them being in the moment. Being in the moment is fun,” he exclusively told The Blast last month.

“Back in the day, we used to do our parties, and the music is really banging, but the people are just sitting down and sitting around. Nobody’s on the dance floor, and you want everybody to come on, wake up, man. It’s important for me to hype people up because I want people to be energetic like me.”

The rapper said that one of the most amazing moments in his life was his time at the Olympics hyping up the water polo team.

"They got three back-to-back gold medals. I would love to see them really make history and get that fourth gold medal, so I said to myself, why not step up to the plate, man? Help these girls out to see if we can push them in that direction of getting that fourth gold medal. So that was my purpose of supporting the water polo team and being over in Paris trying to be their hype man,” he explained.

“Even though my girls finished fourth this year, it’s okay, because there’s always more competitions and games to come. They did a great job this year. I commend the girls and the guys too. I commend them all.”

Flavor Flav Is Looking Forward To The 2028 Los Angeles Olympics

After his amazing and memorable experience at the Paris Olympics and seeing all the fun Snoop Dogg was having as an Olympic torchbearer, Flav is manifesting his turn during the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

"Definitely, you're going to see me in LA in 2028," he told The Blast.

"I already got my 28-bid ready. I got my LA 28 shirt already. I'm ready. 2028, I'm ready. We ready for that."