MÖTLEY CRÜE’s Nikki Sixx Sober Lifestyles Rocks At 23 Years! (Now not That More or less Rock)
MÖTLEY CRÜE bassist Nikki Sixx is hitting a top notice – 23 years of sobriety! The 65-year-old rocker took to Instagram to rejoice his spectacular milestone, crediting a remedy program for giving him the gear to are living a lifestyles loose from medication and alcohol.
The day before today (Tuesday, July 2), Nikki posted a picture to Instagram revealing he were sober for 23 years, 276 months, 8,402 days or 201,623 hours.
He later shared a message by which he wrote: “23 years sober nowadays. Had a couple of runs at it sooner than however I wasn’t in a position to give up totally to my dependancy. Lately I’m the happiest I’ve been in my entire lifestyles.
“Thanks to people who shared their enjoy to lend a hand me perceive the straightforward strategy of letting cross. Not anything makes me happier than to peer individuals who have misplaced hope to search out themselves and alter no longer simplest their lifestyles however their circle of relatives’s too.
“#SobrietyRocks”.
Nikki Sixx‘s adventure to sobriety wasn’t precisely clean crusing. For years, he battled substance abuse, famously experiencing a near-death incident in 1987 after a heroin overdose. However that brush with mortality become a turning level. Thru a restoration program, Sixx discovered the enhance and methods he had to become his lifestyles and construct wholesome relationships.
Sixx isn’t the one MÖTLEY CRÜE member who’s confronted dependancy. Lead singer Vince Neil‘s 1984 drunk-driving twist of fate tragically took the lifetime of HANOI ROCKS drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley. The incident served as a warning sign for Neil, who has additionally spoken overtly about his struggles.
Sixx‘s success is an inspiration to any individual combating dependancy. It’s a formidable reminder that restoration is imaginable, and that even rock n’ roll legends can to find peace and happiness at the different aspect.
Nikki Sixx printed final yr that he used to be re-venturing into literary advent with the improvement of his 5th ebook.
Having in the past accomplished the exceptional feat of 4 appearances at the New York Instances best-seller checklist, Sixx authored “The First 21” (2021), “This Is Gonna Harm” (2011), “The Heroin Diaries” (2007), and MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s biographical masterpiece “The Filth: Confessions Of The International’s Maximum Infamous Rock Band” (2001). Particularly, in November 2021, his most up-to-date e-newsletter, “The First 21: How I Turned into Nikki Sixx,” made a hanging access into the New York Instances best-seller checklist, securing the 8th place at the Hardcover chart and the 11th spot at the Blended Print And Guide Checklist.
Ultimate August, Sixx posted the next to his social media accounts: “Began on my fifth ebook. If issues cross easily we must have the ability to free up it subsequent yr. If it connects it’s going to be my fifth time at the New York Instances ultimate vendor checklist….
“It’s an honor to jot down books.
“I’ll stay you within the loop……
“Thanks for all the time supporting my dependancy to phrases.”
Throughout the pages of “The First 21: How I Turned into Nikki Sixx,“ Sixx intricately detailed his foundation story, delving into the transformation from Frank Feranna to the long-lasting character of Nikki Sixx. This charming narrative chronicles his strange odyssey, spanning from his spirited upbringing as an Idaho farm boy to his pivotal function in shaping the trailblazing rock ensemble, MÖTLEY CRÜE.
In a revelation lower than two years in the past, Sixx conveyed his collaborative enterprise along with his spouse Courtney Sixx in crafting a youngsters’s ebook that embraces the theme of range.
“Me and my spouse are running on a ebook about this little lady who is going to all of those international locations in her creativeness,” Nikki informed The Aquarian Weekly. “She is going to Africa and she or he has this little African boy or lady instructing her about that tradition, or she is going to England, after which she is going to Wyoming and learns about horses, then is going to Japan and learns in regards to the meals and the tradition and the language. That could be a nice concept.”
