Country singer, Walker Hayes, is opening up about a painful period in his life that almost led him to lose his sobriety.

During a recent appearance on the ‘ K-Love Morning Show ,’ the 45-year-old singer discussed the loss of his seventh child, his daughter Oakleigh, who was born and died on the same day in June 2018.

He was two-and-a-half years sober at the time, but recalled coming home from the cemetery after her funeral, feeling ready “to just … self-destruct.”

“I drove to a bar called 55 South, and I looked through the window and there were three guys at the bar,” he continued, “And I was like, ‘I’m gonna get a little buzz and I’m going to just mess with those guys. I’m just gonna get in a fight with those guys.'”

Looking back, Hayes can admit “it makes zero sense.”

He recalled

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