Tiffany Haddish says her sobriety journey helped her realize she had been “too nice” all these years.

The “Girl’s Trip” star said in March that she had been sober for greater than two months after being charged with DUI last November for allegedly falling asleep on the wheel in Beverly Hills.

Tiffany Haddish is learning rather a lot about herself as she continues her sobriety journey.

According to PeopleHaddish, 44, said sobriety has helped her realize she has been too nice through the years.

“I learned that I was too damn nice. I’ve been too nice over the years,” Haddish said. “I think people think… Because when you drink, there’s no filter.”

The comedian and actress said that in her experience, drinking activated her filter because she thought and desired to say hurtful things but held back.

“I’m saying it now. If I think so, I say so. This filter no longer exists,” she added. “Oh, don’t say anything, you have alcohol in you and you might say something mean.” Now I’m like, “Oh, I’m sober and I actually feel it, so I’m going to say it.” Because it needs to be said.”

In March, Haddish said she had been sober for more than two months after being charged with DUI on November 24 for allegedly falling asleep at the wheel in Beverly Hills, California.

The “Girl’s Trip” star was also arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and booked into custody in Georgia in January 2022.

In response to a question about whether she had people to lean on on her path to sobriety, Haddish said she didn’t trust anyone and found success by relying on herself.

But she added that it “wasn’t hard” to stay sober because she didn’t drink regularly.

“I never really had many defects, and every time I experienced them it was around the time I wasn’t pregnant. So, hey,” she said.

Black women are more likely than other women to abuse alcohol due to a variety of factors, including stress, trauma and social pressure. Although black women experience a disproportionate number of alcohol-related illnesses and deaths, National Center for Biotechnology Information states that little is known about how much of the worse outcomes are attributable to changes in drinking patterns, use of health care services, or a combination of the two.

Haddish noted that she doesn’t think less of anyone who chooses to drink, but according to People, she doesn’t need “liquid courage to be who I’m.”

“You remember every part, you’ve gotten more fun, and also you make more friends while you’re sober,” she said in People magazine. “But then you make the right friends.”

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