Alice Cooper guitarist Nita Strauss recently told video podcast “Guitar Autopsy” that her approach to sobriety and health and fitness “is to educate, but not ever force. I wouldn’t ever want it to be, like, ‘You have to stop drinking. You have to do cardio every day,’ or whatever. All I can share is really what worked for me, and that was alcohol was extremely, extremely detrimental in my personal life.”
Strauss got sober in 2015. “I basically just decided to make the most of it and said, ‘If I’m gonna do this, I’m gonna do it right. And I switched from going to the bar after the show to going to the Barbell in the morning, for lack of a better term. I hooked up with great bodybuilding coaches that helped me with my diet and my workout while I’m on the road. I use the right supplements, I eat the right food. I have dietitians, I have a workout coach, I take all the right supplements, I drink my green drinks, I take all my vitamins and I stay on track. And the more I did it, people in our community — the rock and metal community — were starting to ask how I did it.”
Strauss is currently on a solo tour of the U.S. that runs through Jan. 21. She talked last year about her first experience performing sober. “My first show without alcohol was in front of 15,000 people. I felt like a scarecrow someone had propped up on stage to scare birds. Nothing felt natural. I was going through the motions, with this absurd idea running through my head ‘everyone is looking at me. Everyone knows.’ I went out by the bus to talk to fans afterward, and do you know what they said? ‘Wow you were so great! Where do you get all that energy? You add so much to Alice’s band!’ All of that insecurity, all the fears, all the doubt was in my head. Those are your demons that make you think you need them.”
Strauss’ debut album, “Controlled Chaos,” was released in 2018, and a follow-up record is set for release in 2022.
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