General Hospital Alum Kelly Monaco Celebrates Huge Personal Victory – 6 Months Sober

Former Sam McCall star Kelly Monaco shares a deeply personal milestone as friends and former GH co-stars rally around her.

By Dorathy Gass

 

General Hospital Alum Kelly Monaco Celebrates Huge Personal Victory – 6 Months Sober
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General Hospital alum Kelly Monaco, who once played Sam McCall on the ABC soap, is celebrating a major milestone: six months of being sober! Learn more about this story below.

Key Takeaways

  • Kelly Monaco celebrates more than six months alcohol-free
  • The former GH star shared her milestone on Instagram
  • Former co-stars congratulated her achievement
  • Monaco played Sam McCall for more than 20 years
  • Fans continue to hope Sam could someday return

  • General Hospital Alum Kelly Monaco Celebrates Huge Personal Victory – 6 Months Sober
    Image source: Kelly Monaco

Kelly Monaco Announces Sobriety Milestone

Monaco hopped on Instagram to share the good news with fans on Tuesday, September 15. Uploading a screenshot from the ‘I Am Sober’ app, the title of Kelly’s IG post read, “I’ve been alcohol free for 6 months, 7 days.”

Meanwhile, the caption stated, “Now the whole 6/7 thing makes sense! #duces.”

Some former General Hospital colleagues chimed in the comment sections, supporting Monaco’s sobriety.

Ingo Rademacher, who played Jasper “Jax” Jacks, added a hands-up emoji, along with a hand-clap emoji and a heart emoji.

Meanwhile, Brandon Barash, who played Johnny Zaccharra on General Hospital (as well as Jake/Stefan DiMera on Days of Our Lives), wrote, “Love this. Congrats!” (along with three hand-clap emojis).

General Hospital Alum Kelly Monaco Celebrates Huge Personal Victory – 6 Months Sober
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Monaco’s Legendary Run On Port Charles

General Hospital spoilers remind fans that Monaco entered the land of Port Charles as Sam McCall in 2003, which made it more than a shock when it was announced she was leaving the show in the summer of 2024.

Sam ended up getting killed off at the hands of Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober) on October 30, 2024, when the character had a heart attack due to a dose of digitalis.

General Hospital Alum Kelly Monaco Celebrates Huge Personal Victory – 6 Months Sober
Image source: ABC

Her demise was as final as a character passing could get; however, in the land of soaps, people coming back from the dead is very common, so only time will tell if Sam ever returns to the canvas.

Monaco also worked on General Hospital’s sister soap, Port Charles, before her stint as McCall, playing Livvie Locke from 2000 to 2003.

The actress is also known for winning the first season of the reality television dancing competition, Dancing with the Stars. In addition, she was Playboy’s ‘Playmate of the Month’ for April 1997.

 On behalf of everyone here at CTS, we send our heartfelt congratulations to Kelly for this amazing milestone. Keep it up! Share your best wishes below!

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Dorathy Gass

    Dorathy has been an avid fan of soap operas since a small child. She has fond memories of curling up in front of the television with her mom, sister, and grandmother watching Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Young and the Restless. This love of daytime drama has continued into adulthood, and as a full-time freelance writer, she gets to combine her obsession with soaps and write blogs about it, too!

    She also happens to be a mother of two girls and as a mommy blogger, she's been published multiple times over in Huffington Post Parents and Scary Mommy. Dorathy also blogs about health and wellness, travel, and WWE.