Overview
- In a Nov. 18 Instagram note, the 29-year-old singer said he has not touched alcohol for nearly two months.
- He wrote that he sought a therapist to address a toxic relationship with alcohol and to regain personal clarity.
- The decision followed a 20-day solo motorcycle and camping trip that ended with a realization in a Seattle parking lot that he needed help.
- Bryan linked his struggles to sudden celebrity after a decade in the military, online doxxing and criticism, a public breakup, a viral altercation, and friends’ crises, which he said led to paralyzing panic attacks.
- He said his family and girlfriend Samantha Leonard supported him, reported feeling content and whole, urged others to seek help, and noted he is not declaring permanent abstinence.