Keith Urban admits marriage to Nicole Kidman kept him sober

Keith Urban has admitted that he turns his back on parties with his wife, Nicole Kidman, to focus on his family.

The 54-year-old country singer has publicly battled drug and alcohol addiction and has been to rehab several times, most recently arriving at the Betty Ford Center in October 2006, just months after marrying Nicole.

Now Keith has admitted that his marriage was an important factor in staying sober and out of trouble.

“I want to stay married!” Keith on The Sun † ‘I hate myself day and night, it’s so true. But the next morning, at night, I can’t find it anywhere: it’s completely inexplicable.’

Sharing their 13-year-old daughter and 11-year-old Faith with Nicole, Keith added: “Life is so different these days. I’m trying to be a good example to the kids, but I’m still not sure I’m doing it right.

“I made a lot of mistakes but you have to find what works for you. b My message to them is that I don’t care if they always do what they’re passionate about, as long as they work hard to achieve it.

Keith says it has helped him stay sober while keeping up with his successful career, which has included touring, publishing music and mentoring for The Voice Australia.

Busy: “I’m doing what I have to do to be able to live the life I want to live,” Keith told The Sun.

Keith recently recalled a quote from Jeff Apter’s book Keith Urban when his wife, Nicole, arranged an intervention for her addiction problems.

Keith told Rolling Stone magazine in 2016 that if 54-year-old Nicole chose to leave him after her rehabilitation in 2006, she would have figured it out, since the couple had just got married that year.

“I was very, very lucky that Nic called me,” Keith said, adding that his reckless behavior “caused my new marriage to explode.”

Intervention: Keith recently recalled that his wife, Nicole, had arranged an intervention for her addiction problems.

It was also reflected in her conversation with Oprah Winfrey, admitting to the famous talk show host that she was “derailed” in her life and “needs help and a new direction”.

Nicole, who was working in Rome at the time, returned to the United States and gathered her friends to arrange an intervention.

“The love in that room was right at the time,” Keith told Oprah. “Seeing love like this in action… I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

Keith has been open about his past struggles with alcohol addiction and revealed at the 2018 South By Southwest conference in Texas that he wished he was sober early in life.

Rehab: The country music superstar checked in at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in October 2006. Keith told Rolling Stone magazine in 2016 that if Nicole chose to leave him, she would understand because the couple were newlyweds. year

“I wish I had stayed sober years ago, but that’s the case,” he said.

“I knew I wasn’t at my best, and it started to affect me. I became a slave… I lived a very, very small life.’

Keith also admitted that he “spoiled relationships” before meeting Nicole, and that the words of love were far from reality.

‘I used to write these songs about love and relationships; I remember writing Someone Like You and playing for my girlfriend at the time, and she just looked at me and said, “You’re a hypocrite,” and I couldn’t argue with that.”

Keith and Nicole met in 2005 and were married a year later. They are the parents of 13-year-old Sunday Rose and 11-year-old Faith Margaret.

Family First: Keith and Nicole met in 2005 and got married a year later. They are the parents of 13-year-old Sunday Rose and 11-year-old Faith Margaret. (Family pictured in Sydney in 2017)