Creed frontman Scott Stapp has been quite candid about his past substance abuse issues. During a new interview with Stereogum, he addressed the same.
Scott Stapp on maintaining sobriety
Stapp was asked if it is difficult maintaining sobriety on a cruise ship, like on the band’s two sold-out “Summer Of ’99” cruises earlier this year. He responded:
“No, it’s not. I create my own world. And I have my own, my entire situation laid out for me and a big 5,000-square-foot cabin. And I actually brought my sponsor out, just because he’s my friend. Not because I was concerned about having a drink. But my sponsor was there with me, and I had a couple of friends with me. And that’s what I do. I create my own environment, my own sober environment.”
He continued: “Drinking, at this point in my life, it’s not an option. That’s where I’m at. I wake up every day and have notes on my phone that remind me throughout the day, drinking is not an option. And I stay in touch with my sponsor and try to surround myself with other people trying to stay sober. And in doing that, I’ve only had two or three slips in the last 10 years. Which is a tremendous amount of progress from where I came. And hoping the next 10 years there’ll be no slips.”
In 2019, Stapp credited his family with helping him achieve sobriety after years of abusing alcohol, Xanax and Percocet.
Creed has played its first couple of shows in 12 years in April as the headliners of the “Summer Of ’99” cruise. The band performed aboard a second cruise, the “Summer Of ’99 And Beyond”, traveling from Florida’s Port Canaveral to Nassau from April 27 to May 1.
A full-fledged tour, also dubbed “Summer Of ’99” tour, produced by Live Nation, kicked off on July 17 and wrapped on September 28. Another tour, “Are You Ready?”, will kick off in November and run through December.
