Scott Parks, the co-host of Dana & Parks on Audacy’s news/talk KMBZ in Kansas City, opened up to listeners about his personal life to explain his recent absence.
Parks had been away for a month and revealed that it was due to his stay at a rehab center after he relapsed and damaged his sobriety over the summer.
“I have made no secret over the years that I have struggled, and was in recovery, for alcohol, and had actually been sober for three years,” Parks said Thursday to start the show. “It was a point of pride with me.”
Despite not proceeding into details, Parks stated that “a trauma hit my family” in late July. The situation caused him to start drinking again.
“I have also heard it said that your disease is waiting out in the parking lot doing push-ups, waiting for you to come outside,” Parks added. “That’s not true. Your disease is in the parking lot doing push-ups, squats, and burpees, and he brought his friends and he’s pissed.”
The reason Scott Parks opened up about his relapse is to get through to anyone in a similar situation as he was in over the summer.
“If I can reach one person who is driving home and has a pint of vodka in the console, and doesn’t even know why, and let them know you can beat this,” the KMBZ host said. “I’d argue that it’s worth every minute that we use on the radio for that.”
Eduardo Razo is the Assistant Content Editor for BNM, which includes writing daily news stories on the news media industry. He can be found on Twitter @eddierazo_ or you can reach him by email at eddie1991razo@gmail.com.
