Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sobriety Journey

0:00It's April 19, entertainment and celebrity news. Today starts now. AI-powered and spotlight-ready. I'm Cory with the story. Andrew Lloyd Weverage is kicked alcohol to the curve for good, calling himself a recovering alcoholic after years of ups and downs. The legendary composer behind hits like Katz and Aveda has been hitting AA meetings every single day, no matter where he is, like right before opening. Knife for Katz, the gelical ball in New York last week. He tried sobriety once before, back in 2015, staying dry for 19 months. But he relapsed. Worried booze fueled his creativity, sneaking drinks to push through dry spells and get ideas flowing again. What really hit home was watching a wreck his family, especially his late son Nicholas, who battled addiction before dying from stomach cancer at age. Lloyd Weverage saw how it changed Nicholas and has shook him enough to quit for real this time. Now, sober for over a year, he's cranking out fresh work like the immersive masquerade

1:02take on Phantom of the Opera, plus two more musicals in the works. He says clarity has supercharged his focus. No way he could have pulled that off, buzzed. His family stepped up big, sending balloons to celebrate his one-year mark, and he rocks two leather bracelets daily, one with Nicholas's name, the... Another, a silver link from his kids, to keep him locked in and moving forward strong.