By Debbie Emery - Breaking Celebrity News Reporter

After explicit drug abuse and a devil-may-care attitude catapulted Cat Marnell into notoriety, the infamous Vice blogger may soon be hanging up her crack pipe for good, Breaking Celebrity News has exclusively learned.

"She has been f**king up career-wise and considering sobriety," said a close friend of the former Conde Nast and xojane.com beauty editor, who traded in her professional title after years of working her way to the top for the sake of a drug-fueled social scene that kept her up all night at Manhattan hot spots.

"She is in a boozy, druggy, dysfunctional relationship with a fellow journalist but he is now encouraging her to sober up," the insider told Breaking Celebrity News.

However, followers of 30-year-old Cat's nefarious adventures shouldn't expect her to suddenly swap her prescription pill habit for a healthy life of yoga classes, vegan food (or any food!), juice cleanses and eight hours sleep a night – as Marnell has lied before about heading for the straight and narrow.

"She’s pretending to clean up her act but it’s all a joke. Her being sober is not true," a close pal of Cat's told Breaking Celebrity News in September after she had vowed to ditch Manhattan for Los Angeles and make a new start.

Within a month, the self-confessed drug addict