Three Musicians On Sobriety: Glenn Hughes, Matt Sorum & Scott Stapp
With the festive holiday season just around the corner here are stories to keep in mind…
Former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes is celebrating the 27th anniversary of his getting sober.
“Let’s just say I had one too many cocktails on Christmas Day 1991, and I found myself in the ER room one more time,” shared Hughes. “And I realized that I had a choice — to go back out and do it again or go into (rehab) I went to Betty Ford Center in 1992. I had a few relapses in the mid-1990s, and in 1997 I had my last cocktail — November 23rd, 1997. And that’s when I started this full road of recovery.”
Matt Sorum, the 64-year-old ex-Guns N’ Roses/Velvet Revolver drummer is celebrating the 17th anniversary of his getting sober.
“My days of drinking weren’t all horrible as that would be a lie,” stated Sorum. “My early years in Hollywood and my times traveling the world were wild adventures that I wouldn’t change a thing, but the partying did start to take hold of me and I suffered mainly in my personal life. Finally realizing that alcohol and drugs had a grip on me I struggled for years with 3 trips to rehab and multiple relapses. The thing that changed it all for me was turning my will and my life over to the care of God. That trust and faith takes care of me and my family and I have true happiness.”
Creed frontman Sctott Stapp has worked on staying sober for a decade, even with some ‘slips’ along the way.
“It’s not how many times we fall. What makes a man or a woman is getting back up,” Stapp recently stated on the “Johnny Dare Morning Show. “I have had two or three slips in 10 years. And so when I say slips, it’s three or four hours and then I’m, like, ‘What am I doing?’ and then (get) right back on track. So, I say I’ve had three or four bad days in 10 years. So that’s serious progress for me. And this whole thing, they say, it’s about progress, not perfection.”
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