Nikki Sixx Talks Sobriety

The Mötley Crüe bassist has been clean since 2004 and lives quietly in Wyoming with his wife of nine years, and their three-year-old daughter Ruby.
In a new interview, Sixx, who once died for two minutes of a heroin overdose before being revived by a paramedic, explained, “I’ve been sober for a long time. Staying sober isn’t difficult. I try to remember who I am on a daily basis as a human being, not as a rock star. I try to be the best version of myself, as a husband, a father, a bandleader, a writer. Sobriety comes before anything else in my life. If I use drugs or alcohol, I will lose my family, my band, my house, my financial security. If I use drugs or alcohol, I will lose everything, so there’s nothing more important to me.”