Jeff Hardy Celebrates Three Years of Sobriety

Jeff Hardy says he's been sober for three full years. During he and brother Matt Hardy’s recent appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, the Charismatic Enigma reflected on his personal “rock bottom” and how he’s managed to stay sober since 2022.

Hardy was arrested in June 2022 for driving under the influence of alcohol — his third DUI. The wrestler’s blood alcohol level was over three times the legal limit, leading to Hardy serving 38 days in a Florida county jail. He later submitted a written plea of no contest to various charges, resulting in Hardy receiving a suspended license for 10 years along with two years probation, court-mandated DUI school or drug rehab program, community service and more.

“Three years, two days,” Hardy told Helwani about his sobriety. “I went through a lot of treatment, almost a year’s worth of treatment … Rock bottom definitely for me would have been after the third DUI, in that [jail] cell, and not being able to wake myself up from a dream, because I’d had dreams about getting a third DUI. That was definitely rock bottom for me. I didn’t know what was gonna happen, man. I was so afraid that everything was… I was just not gonna make it. Yeah, in that cell right after that third DUI.”

“His work on himself has been second-to-none,” Matt Hardy added. “And just the place he’s at in his life, I’m just so proud and so happy for him. This is like the best version of Jeff Hardy personally I’ve ever seen that exists right now.”

Jeff Hardy credited treatment, ice baths and his family for keeping him strong during his three-year sobriety journey. The brothers also spoke of their desire to enter the WWE Hall of Fame one day, with Jeff hoping the honor could come in 2030.