Past experience with recovery allowed him to cut the problem off faster than he might’ve ten years ago. That indefinite uncertainty and idle time on top of the loss of loved ones, including his grandfather and a cousin, blindsided McCoy. But when the isolation of the 2020 lockdown hit, he found himself drinking every day.
Following a few attempts at recovery, one finally stuck in 2012, and he’s been off them ever since. In the 2000s, the then-front man for the platinum-selling rap-rock act Gym Class Heroes became addicted to opioids after being prescribed them for a knee injury. The winding path toward sobriety is a familiar journey for McCoy. As long as I can stay true to all my commitments and be coherent and not be a douchebag, I’m doing alright.” “It’s definitely a vice that I feel like I need to get rid of ASAP, but for the time being, I’m not overindulging. His candor about something that so many people wrestle with is refreshing, and he is clear that it’s still something he wants to get on top of. By now, he’s all too familiar with the ups and downs of addiction and the reality that neither state is often permanent. “The dopest advice anyone has ever given me is ‘Everything is good in moderation, even moderation,’” he says with a laugh. When we catch up ten months later, he’s honest right off the bat: He’s been drinking again. I have a pretty addictive personality, and it’s really not that fun at all.” “I’ve had issues with addiction in the past, so I know the signs and the triggers and all that shit, and isolation is a big one.
“The plan was just to nip it in the bud before it got out of control,” McCoy said of his drinking at the time. He was a full month into sobriety then, following an intense eight-day home detox, after which he spent 30 days doing nothing but therapy, working out, and drinking water. When I first spoke to Travie McCoy for this piece in early September, his piss had never been clearer.
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