‘I Pray This Helps Somebody’: Country Singer Gets Vulnerable About Sobriety Journey

Published: November 21, 2025

By Kayla DeKraker

Country singer Zach Bryan shared a deeply personal update: he has been sober from alcohol for nearly two months.

In a heartfelt Instagram post on Nov. 18, he revealed that a solo, 20-day motorcycle trip across the country marked the turning point in his decision to quit drinking.

“Recently, I went on a motorcycle trip across the country,” he began. “For 20 days, I camped and rode looking for a solution. At the end of this ride, I was sitting in a parking lot in Seattle, Washington thinking, ‘I really need some…help.’ Being in the military for a decade and then thrown into a spotlight that I hadn’t fully comprehended the scope of had some subconscious effects on me as a person.”

“I was not content, but I also feared showing weakness because that’s not who I am or how I was raised. To charge forward and to never settle. I was stuck in a perpetual discontent that led me to always reaching for alcohol, not for the taste, but because there was a consistent black hole in me always needing its void filled,” he continued.

Bryan shared that he had lied about and covered up his struggle, despite dealing with other traumas such as a friend with “a severe mental break” and another friend in a coma from an accident.

“The anxiety I felt was paralyzing and I thought since I was successful, had the money I always longed for, and had great friends, that I could tough anything out,” Bryan revealed.

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“All that said, I went out of my way to find a therapist and made the conscious decision to do something about my toxic relationship with booze and how I cope with major life changes,” he continued. “I haven’t touched alcohol for nearly two months now — something I had to do for my own personal clarity.”

Bryan shared how his family supported of his decision to get sober.

“Conversations about the future, kids one day, my health and Sammy’s happiness made me prioritize not only myself, but my entire family,” he said.

He concluded, “I feel great, I feel content, I feel whole. There is nothing I need to get me by anymore… I just want to say it is okay to be weak at times and need help. God speed everyone! I pray this helps somebody.”

Bryan has had a successful music career thus-far at the young age of 29. In September, he set the record for the largest ticketed concert in the U.S. with 112,408 fans in the crowd at Michigan Stadium. Despite his growing success, his story is a reminder than fame and money do not buy peace and happiness.

If you are struggling with addiction, it is okay to get help. Reach out to family or a pastor, or you can also call a hotline for help which you can find more info about here.

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