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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Elton John celebrates 35 years of sobriety
Caption: The Rocket Man singer took to Instagram on Tuesday night to post a picture of the cards and flowers he'd received from his close friends and family. In one of the cards, his sons Zachary and Elijah wished him a "happy 35th birthday" and wrote, "We are so proud of you!". In addition to the cards and flowers, Elton also received two framed drawings featuring balloons, love hearts and swirls. Although the drawings are partially covered by the cards, the words "Happy sobriety" and "So proud of you!" can be seen. The framed drawings were presumably made by Zachary, 14, and Elijah, 12, whom Elton shares with his husband David Furnish. In the caption, the 78-year-old wrote, "Grateful for all the love on my sobriety birthday," with praying and heart emojis. The I'm Still Standing hitmaker has been very open about his addiction to drugs and alcohol between the late 1970s and the late 1980s. The singer, who has been sober since 1990, reflected on those days in an interview with Time magazine in December. "You make terrible decisions on drugs. I wanted love so badly, I'd just take hostages. I'd see someone I liked and spend three or four months together, and then they would resent me because they had nothing in their life apart from me. It really upsets me, thinking back on how many people I probably hurt.". Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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