Rascal Flatts' Joe Don Rooney Explains His Decision to Become Sober

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Rascal Flatts lead guitarist Joe Don Rooney is opening up about his life. The 48-year-old musician shared a candid post on social media apologizing to fans for his absence. “It’s actually been a couple years since I’ve engaged with fans and friends on Twitter (now X) or Instagram,” he wrote. Keep reading to find out more… “But I figured today, at the beginning of this brand new year 2024, would be a good day to send a message out to the world.” Keep reading to find out more… “First off, I am alive!” he wrote, clearing up “rumors and opinions” and saying he is “finally healthy and ready for the world.” He went on to say that at 4 a.m.

on Sept. 9, 2021, he “ran square into a tree and about killed myself.” “I was drunk and I was so far gone with my life – I was completely out of control and finished with trying to fight the fears, depression and anxieties that had spun me out in a way I’ve never experienced before.” “And as they say in AA and treatment, it’s a progressive disease.

I am living proof that the progressive nature of drinking can really ratchet up and as I grew older as an adult, my drinking grew worse,” he continued.

He went on to discuss pain in his home life, and his career. “I was not a good father – I was not a good husband – and I was not a good band mate to my business partners.