Zach Bryan Says Quitting Drinking Rekindled His Songwriting

Overview

• Bryan has publicly described on his YouTube channel that he stopped drinking and that sobriety has renewed his enthusiasm for writing songs.
• He says a month-long solo motorcycle ride from New York toward Los Angeles exposed how much he was drinking alone in bars and drinking himself to sleep.
• A moment at a Pilot truck stop outside Seattle prompted him to question his behaviour and decide to quit alcohol.
• Bryan told interviewers he wrote the songs on his new eight-song EP while sober and that friends noticed he was funnier and more energetic after quitting.
• The reporting is based on Bryan’s own accounts in interviews and on YouTube and has not been independently verified by the publications that covered the story.