Lady A singer-songwriter Charles Kelley says he nearly lost his wife and son amid his struggle with alcohol abuse. He talked to Gayle King about his emotional journey to sobriety and attempts to build their trust back.
“I remember joking, you know, with everyone, with buddies. I was like, ‘Yeah, I’m definitely a functioning alcoholic.’ And I said, ‘I know I’m gonna have to stop at some point, but that’s not today,’” Kelley, 41, told Gayle King during their interview at his Nashville home. “And that was always kind of my little joke. Like, that tells you I kinda knew.
“It just makes me feel so grateful at how close I came to losing it all,” Kelley said. “And I think the thing that’s hard is to know how much it affected Cassie the most, and my band, and the people around me. And how much it emotionally kinda wrecked them for a while. And that, I can’t really say I’m sorry enough. And it’s just gonna take time to rebuild that.”
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