WASHINGTON — Country star Zach Bryan says he has stopped drinking, telling fans he's nearly two months sober after a yearslong struggle with anxiety, burnout and what he called a "toxic relationship with booze."

The 29-year-old singer-songwriter shared the news Tuesday, in a lengthy Instagram post describing a 20-day solo motorcycle trip across the country that prompted him to seek therapy and reevaluate his lifestyle.

"At the end of this ride, I was sitting in a parking lot in Seattle, Washington thinking, 'I really need some ... help,"" Bryan wrote. "I was stuck in a perpetual discontent that led me to always reaching for alcohol, not for the taste, but because there was a consistent black hole in me always needing its void filled."

Bryan, who has released five studio albums since

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