Americana musicians in recovery
Through sobriety, singer-songwriter Katie Toupin makes her ‘Moves’
Courtesy of Thomas Crabtree/Gasworks Entertainment A great many alcoholics and addicts take their first tentative steps into sobriety with some amount of trepidation, and Katie Toupin was no different. After all, substances — in her case, alcohol — are fun long before they make life miserable. If addiction and alcoholism hit the same legal, social,…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Morgan Wade: ‘If I didn’t get sober, I wouldn’t be doing any of this’
Courtesy of Chelsa Yoder Photography It was the mother of all drunks, singer-songwriter Morgan Wade remembers most about her final dance with the bottle. A New York show turned into a bleary-eyed bender that left her feeling sicker than she ever had before; even after driving back to Virginia, she told The Ties That Bind…
Read MoreOld Crow Medicine Show’s ‘Critter’ Fuqua: ‘You can stay sober in this business’
Old Crow Medicine Show: Charlie Worsham (from left), Cory Younts, Christopher “Critter” Fuqua, Ketch Secor, Joe Andrews and Morgan Jahnig. (Courtesy of Crackerfarm) From his first drink, Christopher “Critter” Fuqua knew he was an alcoholic. At the time, he told The Ties That Bind Us recently, he was a 14-year-old kid consumed by insecurity and…
Read MoreBlank Range’s Jonathon Childers: ‘There’s joy in a sober lifestyle’
Blank Range’s Jonathon Childers: ‘There’s joy in a sober lifestyle’ Jonathon Childers readily admits that his bottom was a high one. In rehab, he noted the differences — the guys with years and decades on him, men whose consumption had destroyed their bodies and stymied their lives. At first, he told The Ties That Bind…
Read MoreSinger-songwriter Scott Miller: ‘Being sober is always your best chance’
Courtesy of Tasha Thomas Singer-songwriter Scott Miller: ‘Being sober is always your best chance’ Scott Miller is in the barn, waiting on the rain to pass. Out in the fields of the family farm nestled in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, 70 cows roam 200 acres of property. He’s got hay to cut and elderly parents to…
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