Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe and Hatebreed’s Jamey Jasta credit score James Hetfield for his or her sobriety

Following information that Metallica frontman James Hetfield had entered rehab for habit, Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe and Hatebreed singer Jamey Jasta have spoken out on how Hetfield impressed their very own private journeys towards sobriety.

Jasta took to social media after the announcement that Metallica had been suspending their New Zealand and Australian tour as a result of Hetfield had re-entered rehab.

Within the revealing submit on Instagram and Fb, Jasta mentioned the instance set by Hetfield was the rationale he gave up ingesting:

“No tour or album or mountain of obligations is value diving again into the abyss of booze & medicine. Power is actual and when you’re going to place it out both on-line or in individual I ask that you simply please put out constructive vitality for James. Positive there are individuals who can reduce free once in a while & bounce again however for others, even 1 drink can result in choices that snowball right into a harmful avalanche.

I’ve toured closely for over 20+ years and wouldn’t have given up ingesting if it wasn’t for James and the instance he set.

I all the time mentioned that booze was the ‘darkish river’ that’s all the time flowing and the present is just too robust for me. I need to dive in, typically day by day for weeks, however I don’t and I can’t.

Assembly James at MTV and talking with him about my ingesting downside was very eye opening as a result of this can be a man who’s in one of many largest bands on this planet with a lot strain on him and a lot weight to hold and he actually made me suppose if he might stop so might I.”

In a reply to Jasta’s submit, Blythe shared an anecdote on how Hetfield “actually helped save [his] life” and impressed him to go sober whereas on tour with Metallica. Within the feedback part on Jasta’s Instagram, Blythe wrote:

“I obtained sober whereas we had been on tour with METALLICA nearly 9 years in the past. The primary day of that run, considered one of my crew guys got here to me and mentioned ‘Hey, Hetfield’s on the lookout for you’- we had been touring with them within the States & Europe for over a yr and I used to be simply RAGING, particularly in Europe, however inside I used to be MISERABLE. He knew I had been attempting to stop ingesting, it wasn’t working for me anymore, & all of it got here to an finish in Australia.

A HUGE FACTOR in my willingness & capacity to get sober whereas on f**king heavy metallic tour was the truth that I had James & a few of his crew who had been additionally sober to speak to- I didn’t should do it alone. James & crew babied me by way of my first month of sobriety on the market on the road- it was a heavy journey. I couldn’t have finished it with out them.

After I noticed the information about James, I harm so dangerous inside for him, as a result of he was there for me once I was in such dangerous shape- I understand how darkish it may well get. However it was additionally a really robust reminder for me of what I’m, & what waits for me if I f**okay up & overlook I’m alcoholic.

In the event you’re an alcoholic, NO ONE IS IMMUNE, irrespective of how lengthy you might have been sober. James is in the best place proper now, although, & as he has gone there of his personal volition, it sounds wish to me he desires sobriety back- and that’s the key to all of it, it’s important to need it. So my ideas & prayers are with him- I like that dude. He actually helped SAVE MY LIFE.”

Hetfield’s struggles with habit and alcoholism had been clear through the 2004 Metallica documentary Some Sort of Monster, across the time he first entered rehab. After staying sober for a few years, the band introduced on Friday that Hetfield had re-entered therapy for habit.

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Whereas the band’s New Zealand and Australian dates are on maintain, Metallica’s spring South America tour with Greta Van Fleet stays on schedule, kicking off April 15th in Santiago, Chile. Most lately, Metallica performed a pair of “S&M2” exhibits earlier this month in San Francisco, the place they appeared in effective type.