{"id":3677,"date":"2023-11-10T10:14:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:14:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2023-11-10T10:14:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T15:14:57","slug":"country-star-chris-stapleton-discusses-how-he-got-sober-without-rehab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/dailycupofwellness\/2023\/11\/country-star-chris-stapleton-discusses-how-he-got-sober-without-rehab.html","title":{"rendered":"Country Star Chris Stapleton Discusses How He Got Sober Without Rehab"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_3686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3686\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3686\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/410\/2023\/11\/chris-stapleton-credit-featureflash-photo-agency-shutterstock-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"chris stapleton\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Featureflash Photo Agency\/Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Country musician Chris Stapleton recently discussed his decision to get sober and how he did it without rehab. A star whose pre-show ritual used to include a shot of tequila, Stapleton knew he had a problem.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI didn\u2019t have to go to rehab, but from a 45-year-old man health perspective, a doctor\u2019s going to look at me and go, \u2018Hey man, probably cut out the drinking, and I\u2019d be like, \u2018Okay, cool.\u2019\u201d Stapleton has been sober for several years, and his pre-show preparation now consists of vocal exercises. He writes about his former routine on his upcoming album \u201cHigher,\u201d specifically on a track titled \u201cThe Bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton revealed in an interview with <em>GQ, <\/em>\u201cI like to tell people that I got into a drinking contest with myself in my 20s, and I lost. When you\u2019re younger, you feel like you have to do certain things in order to occupy some of these spaces, to make yourself feel like you\u2019re legit. You want to feel things. You want to be able to write about things authentically.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zYu8rCw3PXU?si=_6MmFGr6vQ4ny_Di\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He continued, \u201cIf somebody working in a different kind of job drank themselves to death in the name of being better at that job, it wouldn\u2019t make sense to anybody. We wouldn\u2019t say, \u2018Oh, he must have been the greatest electrician who ever lived.\u2019\u201d Having achieved his big break in the country scene eight years ago with his album \u201cTraveller,\u201d Stapleton isn\u2019t reluctant to address other challenges he\u2019s faced. He and his wife Morgane, with whom he shares five children, started going to therapy together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a way to kind of help us navigate what the world was, what that meant to our family, to our business,\u201d he shared of their decision to go. He speaks highly of his wife, describing her as his \u201cbarometer on songs.\u201d\u00a0He said, \u201cEven if your wife wasn\u2019t heavily involved in your career, if you\u2019re happily married, and you want to stay that way, you don\u2019t want to sing things that your wife hates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stapleton is currently on tour. His new album is currently on sale. Last month,\u00a0he canceled several shows\u00a0after he contracted bronchitis and laryngitis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country musician Chris Stapleton recently discussed his decision to get sober and how he did it without rehab. A star whose pre-show ritual used to include a shot of tequila, Stapleton knew he had a problem. 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