VIDEO – POWERLESS OVER ALCOHOL –
July 22, 2022 – “For me, the most important thing to learn in recovery is that I’m powerless over drugs,” Macklemore, 39, told the outlet. “The disease is insidious. It’s constantly telling you lies in order for you to go off and go, ‘You know what? I think the best thing for me is to go off and get high’ — knowing damn well that’s the thing that kills me. That’s the insanity portion of the disease.” In January, the rapper opened up to PEOPLE about his relapse during the summer of 2020 and the progress he’s made since.
“It was really painful for myself and for the people who loved me. I stopped doing the work,” he said at the time. “When I have to be still and exist within my own head, that’s where my disease lives… [But] I’m like, ‘You know what? I don’t need to pretend like I’m some perfect dude in recovery.’ I am not at all, and there’s no shame.”
And just as he’s made it part of his mission to be open with fans, he is with his kids as well. Macklemore shares daughters Sloane, 7, and Colette, 4, and son Hugo, 11 months, with wife Tricia Davis, and said that Sloane has known about his struggles, albeit without specifics, since she was 3 or 4…
