Navigating a new path. After a long struggle with alcoholism and three previous rehab stays, Keith Urban was able to embrace sobriety thanks to his family’s tireless support.“I don’t talk a lot about [my sobriety] because I love my audience being able to just come and have a great time,” the “Somebody Like You” crooner told the Sunday Times in April 2022. “I’ve nothing against drugs or alcohol.
Everyone does what they want to do to have a great time. I just realized I’m allergic to it. Someone said, ‘You have an allergy?
What happens when you drink?’ And I said, ‘I break out in cuffs.’”He continued: “I had to find a different way to be in the world.
I’m glad it didn’t change anything about my music. I wrote plenty of hit songs while drunk. I wrote plenty sober. I feel lucky it hasn’t defined my creativity.”After Urban watched his father similarly struggle, he ultimately sought treatment three separate times.
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