Zach Bryan says sobriety renews songwriting

Zach Bryan says a monthlong motorcycle trip from New York toward California helped him recognize his problematic drinking. After spending much of the journey drinking alone, he recalls sitting outside a Seattle-area truck stop with a beer and feeling emptier than when he left, prompting him to question why he was drinking and stop. Bryan, who once dismissed sobriety, says quitting has renewed his enjoyment of songwriting and left him feeling more energetic and creatively fulfilled. He discussed the experience in a YouTube conversation with Matthew McConaughey.