6/26/2023 0 Comments Journey tour![]() And it's just gonna take time to rebuild that." And that, I can't really say I'm sorry enough. ![]() And how much it emotionally kinda wrecked them for a while. "And I think the thing that's hard is to know how much it affected Cassie the most, and my band, and the people around me. "It just makes me feel so grateful at how close I came to losin' it all," Kelley said. He flew directly to treatment, crediting his wife for pushing him to seek help. The incident was a turning point for Kelley, who realized he needed to deal with his alcoholism. When he returned the next morning, Cassie told him he needed help and was planning to meet with a divorce attorney. Kelley said he got into an argument with Cassie and turned off his phone, disappearing for the night and drinking with strangers. Their marriage, and Kelley's drinking, came to a head during a trip to Greece. She explained that she could have chosen not to do the work, but would have had to live with the unhealed trauma. However, she said she later realized that alcoholism is a family disease that affects everyone in the family system. And now I have to do all of this work, too.'" Initially, Cassie was upset and thought, "'You did this. ![]() She was surprised to learn about the amount of work she had to do when Kelley was in rehab. Kelley's wife Cassie said that the experience was difficult but ultimately worth, because the journey, as she learned, is just as much hers as it is his. "Slowly, but surely, that has built the trust back that eventually I think that won't be a necessity," Kelley said. He said this work is not just for his own wellbeing, but also for his wife, his band, and everyone else to know that he is checking alcohol. He credits a number of different tools in his success including attending "a lot of group meetings with other alcoholics," and having a case manager, as well as a device he blows into every morning and every night. However, this time Kelley decided to give rehab a chance for a month, and it worked for him. "You know, I think that's one of the things too that I want to even share is, like, just because you're not living on the street, or you're not waking up in a bush, like some stories you may hear, it can get there." "What I've learned is, there's degrees of alcoholics," Kelley said. He told "CBS Mornings" he had tried to quit before, but had never tried going to rehab because he was scared, and associated rehab to those who have a serious problem with alcohol - not realizing that there are different ways that alcohol can impact people's lives. Kelley said that hearing that his son noticed his drinking "crushed" him, because his son is the most important thing in his life.
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