Miley Cyrus Explains Why Gardening Is the ‘Medicine’ That Helps Keep Her Sober

THE RUNDOWN

• Miley Cyrus discussed how gardening helps her maintain her sobriety in a new interview for CR Fashion Book.
• The star also reflected on having a nonstop entertainment career: “I made this deep commitment, and I never questioned it or reexamined it,” she said.
• Cyrus spoke about when she might leave the industry and her feelings about it.

Miley Cyrus has been completely sober for five years, a choice she’s said “changed my entire life.” Now, in a new interview with Pamela Anderson for CR Fashion Book, the singer opened up about an activity that has helped her maintain her sobriety: gardening.

Cyrus called it her “medicine,” explaining, “Gardening is something you do for yourself. When we’ve shared so much of ourselves, having those little precious times with something simple—like putting a seed in the ground and nurturing it—it becomes a very personal process. Having that has been the medicine that’s kept me grounded in my sober lifestyle. It’s part of a practice, the way yoga might be: getting out into nature, doing something with my hands, and having a creative outlet that isn’t about fame or success. It’s a genuine win when you put a seed in the ground and see flowers in the spring.”

The star also addressed her nonstop career, which started when she starred in Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana as a child. As she has gotten older, she has thought critically about whether or not she still wants to be in such a public-facing profession.

“Doing things my way—through my own very unique process—not just the creation I share, but the design of my life, I’m always redesigning, reimagining, re-inspiring,” she explained. “I actually had this moment the other night where I was lying in bed thinking, ‘Wow, I really jumped on a train when I was 11 years old, and I’ve never gotten off.’ I made a decision at 11, and I’ve never stopped. I made this deep commitment, and I never questioned it or reexamined it. It wasn’t until my late 20s and early 30s that I started reevaluating: ‘Is this still what I want?’ So far, the answer has been yes, but I’m not afraid of the day it’s no. I don’t know if that day will come—when this no longer has my heart the way it does now. Like you said, there could be a season where all of this no longer interests me, and that’s okay.”