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Margaret Cho Says Being Sober 'Feels Like Another Life': 'When You Put All That Stuff Down, the Party Begins'

Margaret Cho opened up about being sober for multiple years and how it has changed her in an exclusive interview with PEOPLE while attending the Out100 Event at Neuehouse in Hollywood, Calif. on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

It feels like another life," Cho, who was an honoree at the event, told PEOPLE exclusively. "Fortunately, I had people around me who loved me enough to really take care of me, so it was like they were alerting me to the problem," continued Cho. "I think people use it almost as a security blanket or they use it to, like, quell anxieties about being at a party or going out or whatever," Cho continued.

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