AJ McLean Reveals Why Pandemic Was A ‘Silver Lining’ For His Sobriety Journey: ‘It Was A Blessing’
“To be able to be sober for a year for the most challenging year that I’ve been alive, ever, the most challenging year,” AJ McLean said during an EXCLUSIVE interview with HollywoodLife. The Backstreet Boy and co-host of the Pretty Messed Up podcast celebrated one year of sobriety on Dec. 8, after struggling with substance abuse for more than two decades. That’s quite an accomplishment, considering all that has gone down in 2020. “Between politics, between a pandemic, between racial injustice, between all of this insanity that has happened this year,” said AJ, 42, “To be able to stay sober and to really commit to it is an absolute blessing and a testament to this program.”