{"id":21836,"date":"2026-07-30T08:29:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21836"},"modified":"2026-07-30T08:29:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:29:54","slug":"ruston-kelly-reveals-hes-3-days-sober-after-golf-cart-crash-caused-relapse-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21836","title":{"rendered":"Ruston Kelly Reveals He&#8217;s 3 Days Sober After Golf Cart Crash Caused Relapse | Just Jared &#8211; Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"post-2256950\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- Franchise logo or primary category --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/post title --><\/p>\n<p><!-- subheader --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"tpd-post-thumbnail-container caption_belowImage credit_onImage\"><img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-kelly-sober-3-days-788x444.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ruston Kelly reveals relapse\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-kelly-sober-3-days-428x241.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-kelly-sober-3-days-788x444.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 430px) 100px, 788px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-cf-ratio=\"788x444\"\/><figcaption><span class=\"credit-text\">Credit: Getty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \/post thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ruston-kelly\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Ruston Kelly<\/strong><\/a> is opening up the difficult side of sobriety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday (July 29), the 37-year-old country music singer-songwriter revealed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbYVnlZx24Q\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=AwvyXEyE4h6wLlRyjY7JM_N\">Instagram<\/a> that he is now three days sober \u2013 and has given up <em>all <\/em>substances, including alcohol \u2013 after a freak golf cart accident in June caused him to relapse. He previously celebrated 5 years of sobriety in December 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI told myself back in 2021 that as long as I wasn\u2019t using amphetamines that I would be on the right \u2018clean\u2019 journey for myself,\u201d <strong>Ruston <\/strong>began his lengthy post, while sharing a photo of an AA chip. \u201cI had never been addicted to any drug other than those pills. I lumped in alcohol and THC etc initially because I thought that\u2019s what I was supposed to do. Somewhere along the way I became obstinate in my journey, that I wasn\u2019t an \u2018addict\u2019 in the traditional sense of the word, that I was only addicted to amphetamines. \u2018I\u2019ve never had a problem with alcohol, I\u2019ve never had a problem with XYZ\u2019 \u2018See I can be like everyone else, I can show self control, I am in control.\u2019 I even got to the point of recent spiritual surrender and still attempted to live a lifestyle that was satisfactory to my carnal impulses because I \u2018never had a problem with them.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<blockquote xmlns:default=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbYVnlZx24Q\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued, \u201cAfter my accident where I broke my arm in half, I was given fentanyl morphine ketamine dilaudid and oxycodone for 3 days leaving with a month long Rx of Percocet. I needed it for the level 15 pain but very quickly they started running out sooner and sooner. I was chewing them in the pharmacy before I walked out the door. I was hiding how many at a time I was taking. I was complaining to the dr it wasn\u2019t enough. It awakened something I hadn\u2019t felt in a very long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn July 26 I decided to end any chance of ruining anything good,\u201d <strong>Ruston<\/strong> wrote. \u201cFor my soul my wife my family my art and career and my people. I admitted that whether I like it or not I will forever have a substance abuse disease. ALL drugs\/substances including alcohol and THC are off the table for good (working on nicotine) That if there is something that will scratch an itch I didn\u2019t think I had, I will use it beyond excess and into addiction. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large caption_belowImage credit_onImage mobile-image-full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-wife.jpg\" class=\"pss-trigger\" role=\"button\" data-pss-trigger=\"0\" aria-controls=\"pss-modal\" aria-label=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\" title=\"Open gallery of 1 image.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-wife-788x897.jpg\" alt=\"Ruston Kelly reveals relapse\" class=\"wp-image-2256951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-wife-788x897.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ruston-wife-428x487.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100px, 100vw\"\/><span class=\"pss-trigger__badge\" aria-hidden=\"true\">1<\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am 3 days completely clean and sober again, and intend to remain this way forever, one day at a time,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you didn\u2019t know, <strong>Ruston<\/strong> was previously married to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/kacey-musgraves\/\" class=\"celebrity-tag-link\"><strong class=\"celebrity-tag-strong\">Kacey Musgraves<\/strong><\/a> from 2017 to 2020. This past May, he married wife <strong>Tia Cubelic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sober\/\">See the other stars that have also opened up about their sobriety journey<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">Posted To:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/ruston-kelly\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ruston Kelly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/sober\/\" rel=\"tag\">sober<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Getty Ruston Kelly is opening up the difficult side of sobriety. On Wednesday (July 29), the 37-year-old country music singer-songwriter revealed on Instagram that he is now three days sober \u2013 and has given up all substances, including alcohol \u2013 after a freak golf cart accident in June caused him to relapse. 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