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Cara Delevingne says this Glastonbury was her best yet after doing it sober having fallen 'into a really bad place'
Earlier this year the supermodel, 30, told how her struggles with substance abuse started at the age of just seven years old.
Having attend the festival since she was a teenager, she knew she had to do it differently this time.
Joining pals Stella McCartney and Anya Taylor Joy, they partied with her sister Poppy and girlfriend Minke at Worthy Farm during the three-day event.
Declaring this year's festival as 'by far my favourite', Cara clearly wasn't put off by being on soft drinks all weekend.
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Cara and her pals had a very different Glastonbury this year (@StellaMcCartney/Instagram)
But she knew she had to do it sober after a difficult year (@caraDelevingne/Instagram)Posting on Instagram, the Glasto regular told fans why it was so special this time.
"I've been going to Glastonbury since I was 15 but this year was my first sober one and it was by far my favourite," she told fans.
"Filled with tears, full belly laughs, long awaited reunions and so much love. Till next time…"
Cara checked herself into rehab earlier this year after 'heartbreaking' photos emerged.
The model worried friends and fans when she was pictured looking dishevelled just after her 30th birthday.
She says she knew she needed to make a lifestyle change - and cutting out booze was the starting point.
The star, who rose to fame as the 18-year-old schoolgirl and face of Burberry in 2001, sat down with Vogue to open up about her childhood earlier this year.
"I woke up in my granny's house in my bedroom with a hangover, in a bridesmaid's dress. I'd gone around nailing glasses of Champagne," she explained.
When she was 10 years old, she was prescribed sleeping pills to manage her insomnia. She was also diagnosed with dyspraxia - a condition which affects coordination.
"This was the beginning of mental health issues and inadvertent self-harm," Cara continued and explained it led to multiple forms of therapy.
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At 15, she suffered a breakdown and was soon prescribed antidepressants which "saved her life".
"I hadn’t uncovered the f**king hole inside, the real whirlpool within. And I still think there’s a part of diagnosis and labelling that is damaging. There were so many times that I was encouraged to take this or be put on that," she told the publication.
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