Country singer Trace Adkins checked himself into rehab after getting into a brawl on a cruise ship sailing from Miami to Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Adkins, who has battled alcohol addiction in the past, was headlining a country cruise when he fell off the wagon after twelve years of sobriety. While drinking in one of the ship’s karaoke bars, he got into a physical altercation with a Trace Adkins impersonator.
The singer’s rep confirmed that the when the ship docked in Jamaica the entertainer flew back to the U.S. to deal with the drinking lapse.
“Trace has entered a treatment facility after a setback in his battle with alcoholism. As he faces these issues head-on, we ask that his family’s privacy will be respected.”
Trace did a 28-day rehab stint in 2001 after his wife Rhonda and daughters staged an intervention. During a GAC special in 2009, the entertainer acknowledged, “I wish for anybody out there to never have to go through one of those intervention things where you sit down there and people start telling you what you’re doing to them. You’re so weak that it’s come to this. Man, I hated myself at that moment.”
He added, “The program was an extremely positive experience for me. This is something I needed to do for myself, my family and my career. I feel the best I’ve felt in years, both physically and mentally.”
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