Lady A's Charles Kelley and Wife Cassie Recall Frightening Rock Bottom Moment Amid Struggle With Alcoholism
etonline.comLady A musician opens up about his battle with alcohol addiction in a new interview with Gayle King on, candidly addressing the rock bottom moment that set him on the road to recovery.
The country band announced last August that they would be postponing their planned Request Line Tour while Kelley embarked on «a journey to sobriety.» In his new sit-down, which aired on Wednesday, Charles says that he used to joke with friends about being «a functioning alcoholic.» «I said, 'I know I'm gonna have to stop at some point, but that's not today,'» he tells King. «That was always kind of my little joke.
It was like, that tells you I kinda knew.»The artist is joined by his wife, Cassie, as the couple shares details about a trip to Greece that turned terrifying. «Basically, we got in an argument and I just turned my phone off in, you know, the middle of nowhere and just took off and stayed up drinking with all these random people I didn't know,» Charles says.
Cassie adds that she «never went to sleep» that night. «We had gotten in an argument and I had one of those moments where I'm just like, 'I'm so sick of being told what to do' and I turned off the phone,» Charles recalls. «I didn't realize I had eight of my friends looking for me all night.» Cassie continues, «The next morning I said, 'You need help.
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