Machine Gun Kelly is “not in a haze anymore” after one year of sobriety

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Machine Gun Kelly has said he’s “not in a haze anymore” after staying sober for one year.Last month, MGK announced that he was one year “completely sober” and said he’d been to rehab for the first time in 2023. “I didn’t tell anybody outside of the [people] closest to me,” he explained.Now, in a new interview with People, the rapper and singer (real name Colson Baker) has shared how looking at himself from an outsider’s perspective helped him to stay sober. “I had to zoom out and take a look at myself from a holistic perspective,” he told the magazine. “I find solace in knowing that I can, you know, punish myself today so that I can forgive myself tomorrow.”Earlier this year, he opened up about how his 15-year-old daughter helped him to get sober, saying he felt he had to “break this generational curse for my kid”.He told People that he can now appreciate his family on another level. “I have a daughter who I love with all of my heart and would die for.

And I have a beautiful family and a beautiful group of friends and a beautiful life to live for. And I’m not in a haze anymore to not realise that.”He added, “I was born on the 22nd.

Twenty-two is a master number. What am I here to master? I had to ask myself that question. What were my generational curses and problems that were passed down on to me and to my father?

Rest in peace.”He also shared how partner Megan Fox had helped him on his journey to recovery. “Megan has for sure been extremely helpful in dealing with the kind of psychological withdrawals that come with getting off drugs,” he said. “I continue to embrace that this journey is gonna be hard for me, but I accept it and forgive myself.”MGK previously revealed that he had abused alcohol, marijuana and pills,.