Singer Miley Cyrus has revealed that she originally got sober in preparation for vocal surgery but decided to continue it even after the operation because her family has a ‘history of addiction and mental health challenges'.
The 27-year-old singer, while speaking on Variety and iHeart’s podcast The Big Ticket, explained: "I’ve been sober sober for the past six months."
The slide away singer explained: "It’s been really important for me over the last year living a sober lifestyle, because I really wanted to polish up my craft. I had really big vocal surgery in November."
She continued: "At the beginning, it was just about this vocal surgery. But I had been thinking a lot about my mother. My mom was adopted, and I inherited some of the feelings she had, the abandonment feelings and wanting to prove that you’re wanted and valuable."
The singer went on to say: "My dad’s parents divorced when he was three, so my dad raised himself. I did a lot of family history, which has a lot of addiction and mental health challenges.’"
She stated: "So just going through that and asking, ‘Why am I the way that I am?’ By understanding the past, we understand the present and the future much more clearly. I think therapy is great."