Zach Bryan Gets Candid About Sobriety in Matthew McConaughey Interview: ‘Why Am I Drinking?’
Zach Bryan is opening up about his sobriety journey in a new interview with Matthew McConaughey .
The 30-year-old country star sat down with the Oscar-winning actor for a two-hour conversation , reflecting on his relationship with alcohol and the experience that ultimately led him to quit drinking.
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“When I was drinking a lot, I thought, ‘Why can’t you control yourself?’ I never realized I had a problem.” The interview arrives following the release of Bryan’s new eight-song EP , Young Manhood and Other Donatable Organs , which dropped Friday (Oct.
16) through Warner Records.
In the conversation, uploaded to Bryan’s YouTube channel Friday, the singer-songwriter recounted a month-long motorcycle trip he planned to take with friends from New York City to Los Angeles.
When his friends couldn’t make it, he decided to hit the road alone.
“One night I was drinking at the Grisly, this bar in the West Village and I was like, ‘I’m leaving tomorrow’ … I wake up, get on my motorcycle and I stayed at all these national parks,” Bryan said.
Although the trip included memorable experiences, such as dining with veterans and skydiving from vintage planes, Bryan said he spent much of his time drinking at local bars.
“I was stopping at all these bars and drinking myself to sleep,” the musician said.
“Waking up every morning, getting on my motorcycle thinking I was on some sort of soul journey.” The trip took a turn when Bryan arrived in Seattle.
After weeks on the road, he found himself sitting outside a Pilot truck stop with a beer, questioning what the experience had actually given him.
“After all this beautiful scenery, all these nights, all these bars I’ve been to, all this s—t that I’ve done, I was at this Pilot truck stop right outside of Seattle.
I’ll never forget this for as long as I live,” he said.
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