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    Zach Bryan hasn't "touched alcohol in two months" after experiencing "earth-shattering panic attacks"

    The 29-year-old country music star has revealed he reached out for help and underwent therapy after a 20-day camping trip made him realise he had a "toxic relationship with booze" and he needed to address his mental health issues sober.


    In a post on Instagram, he wrote: "Recently I went on a motorcycle trip across the country. 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 f****** help'."

    Bryan went on to reveal he's struggled with life in the spotlight and trolling on the Internet as well as a number of personal issues and he made the "conscious decision" to give up alcohol.

    He wrote: "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 never settle was the motto.

    "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."

    Bryan went on to add: "I have been lied about and doxxed on the internet, I was helping a close friend through a severe mental break, one of my other best friends was put into a coma by a motorcycle accident, and I was touring the country playing five, sometimes six, nights a week.

    "I was having earth-shattering panic attacks. The anxiety was paralysing, 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 went on to reveal he sought help and it led to him giving up alcohol two months ago.

    He explained: "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.

    "I haven't touched alcohol for nearly two months now - something I had to do for my own personal clarity. I needed to see the world objectively."

    Bryan added that he's had the support of his family and his girlfriend, Samantha Leonard and is feeling much happier as he looks to the future.

    He concluded: "Conversations about the future, kids one day, my health and Sammy's happiness made me prioritize not only myself, but my entire family ...

    "I feel great, I feel content, I feel whole ... I just want to say it is okay to be weak at times and need help."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

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