Machine Gun Kelly on undergoing therapy for drug abuse: “The commitment to change is inspiring”

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Machine Gun Kelly has opened up about undertaking therapy in a bid to beat his past drug abuse issues.Speaking to Interview magazine, the rapper explained how he is “taking steps” to look after himself.“Currently, my drug of choice is happiness and commitment to the art, rather than commitment to a vice that I believed made the art,” MGK said.“I had my first therapy session… That’s the first time I ever went, ‘Hey, I need to separate these two people’, which is Machine Gun Kelly and (my real name) Colson Baker.

The dichotomy is too intense for me.”He also spoke of his hopes that undergoing therapy will have a positive impact on his own family.“The tools that I’ve been given to start with seem helpful, I think,” he said.“I’m still kind of.