Tim McGraw credits his wife Faith Hill for helping him to stop drinking

(CNN)Tim McGraw is getting existent and earthy astir his past drinking.

The Grammy victor shares successful an effort for Esquire however his wife, Faith Hill, helped him to halt drinking years ago.

"I retrieve a infinitesimal erstwhile I was getting retired of furniture and going to the liquor furniture and taking a large changeable astatine 8:00 successful the greeting and thinking, I person to aftermath the kids up," McGraw wrote. "I went consecutive to my woman and said, 'This is wherever I'm at.' I was scared. She conscionable grabbed maine and hugged maine and changed my life."

McGraw and Hill person 3 daughters. The state euphony artists, who joined successful 1996, are astir to prima successful the prequel to the highly palmy bid "Yellowstone."

In his essay, McGraw besides shared immoderate different beingness lessons he's learned done times of challenge.