Country star Ashley McBryde opens up about intervention that led her to rehab: &x27;I was gonna die&x27; Raechal ShewfeltFri, March 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC 0 Ashley McBryde in 2024Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty for CMT Country music star Ashley McBryde is speaking out about the intervention that drove her to rehab for alcoholism in 2022. "I woke up at another artist's house, another female artist. And if I told you who, you would not be shocked, of course," McBryde told Bobby Bones on the Thursday edition of his show, The BobbyCast.
Country star Ashley McBryde opens up about intervention that led her to rehab: 'I was gonna die'
Raechal ShewfeltFri, March 6, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC
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Ashley McBryde in 2024Credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty for CMT
Country music star Ashley McBryde is speaking out about the intervention that drove her to rehab for alcoholism in 2022.
"I woke up at another artist's house, another female artist. And if I told you who, you would not be shocked, of course," McBryde told Bobby Bones on the Thursday edition of his show, The BobbyCast. "And I woke up in a bed that's not mine, in pajamas that aren't mine, and I was like, 'Oh my god, that must have been a doozy.'"
McBryde realized immediately that she was thirsty.
"I don't know where I am, and I don't know where water is, so I'll just go find water," said McBryde, who's now 42. "And when I went to find water, I found a living room, and in that living room was my team. I looked at them, and that artist was also on the couch, and I said, 'Okay, I don't know where my boots are, but I need my boots. And they said, 'We need you to stop.'"
The Grammy-winning artist didn't fight them.
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"I said, 'I need me to stop too,'" she said. "And that was when I found out that [the artist] took me to her house that night after we'd been out to make sure I didn't die."
She said knowing that her life was in danger kept her from leaving the rehab center she checked into.
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"I was gonna die," McBryde said.
She expressed regret for the actions that led her to the confrontation with her team.
"I cannot fathom or make up for how much I put them through. And that's another reason to stay [in rehab], is I didn't die, and I'm hurting me whatever, and I'm hurting them," McBryde said. "And if this goes any farther, this is really, really ugly. This is like, they'll-have-to-make-a-movie-about-it bad. So I just buckled down and decided, well, I'm here and technically I can leave, but we're far enough out in the middle of nowhere that I wouldn't know what direction to go. 'Hi, I'm Ashley. I'm evidently a drunk.'"
McBryde, who's released four studio albums, said in November 2023 that her life has only improved since she sobered up.
Ashley McBryde performs at CMA Fest 2025Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty
"It's sort of like I can hear the universe saying, 'Kid, you were just in your own way,'" the artist told PEOPLE.
McBryde waited a year to discuss the issue publicly.
"Because what I didn't need was people on social media being like, 'Ashley McBryde swears off alcohol!'" she said. "All people are gonna do is just wait for you to screw up, and that's really annoying. I did it for me. I didn't do it for social media."
Listen to the full conversation above.
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