From Rock Bottom to Rockstar: Morgan Wade's Powerful Story of Sobriety, Transformation & Reinvention

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Aug 30, 2025

Morgan Wade, a rising Country and Americana singer-songwriter, shares her gripping journey of sobriety and transformation. She discusses the challenges of maintaining sobriety while touring and how discipline and fitness have anchored her recovery. Wade candidly addresses the pressures of comparison in the music industry and the importance of self-reflection. She also highlights lessons learned from touring with icons like Alanis Morissette and Joan Jett, emphasizing the power of kindness and perseverance in her music career.

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ANECDOTE

Sobriety Turning Point In New York

Morgan Wade quit drinking after a terrifying blackout in New York and set her sobriety date to June 17, 2017.
She replaced alcohol with podcasts, books, exercise, and sparkling water to stay sober.

ADVICE

Use Resources And Rituals To Replace Drinking

Listen to recovery-focused podcasts and read AA or science-based books to understand addiction mechanics.
Use exercise and healthy substitutes (like sparkling water) to replace drinking rituals and cravings.

INSIGHT

Addiction Hides Avoidance Of Self

Addiction often masks an inability to sit with uncomfortable feelings and alone time.
Removing substances exposes other addictive patterns like social media, shopping, or attention-seeking.

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Morgan Wade stands alone in her ability to dissect and examine human emotion through her visceral songwriting. Her 2024 album, Obsessed, was a solo-written opus, which No Depression declared, “She’s without a doubt one of the finest singers in country and Americana music today, and this album is her best yet.” Now, Wade readies The Party is Over (recovered), a collection of songs old and new that continues the intense exploration of her psyche’s recesses that she again wrote solo. As ever, the results are thrilling. Out now, The Party Is Over (recovered) connects Wade’s past and present, showing she hasn’t lost an ounce of her dedication to shining a light into the dark places where the truth hides out. Since debuting in 2021 with Reckless, Wade has found herself gaining considerable attention and admiration amongst her country and roots music peers as well as musicians in the rock and pop world. She’s toured with everyone from Eric Church and Chris Stapleton to Alanis Morissette, Joan Jett and, most recently, Shinedown. Once of the most noteworthy and celebrated artists of her time, Wade has been spotlighted by The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Garden & Gun, People, Tennessean, Variety, and many more.

Today on the show we discuss: Morgan’s powerful sobriety journey, how she’s learned to manage other addictive patterns, how she stays sober while touring, why fitness and discipline are cornerstones of her recovery, how sobriety has made her a stronger musician, what it was like touring with Alanis Morissette and Joan Jett, how she handles the comparison trap and much more.

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