Lauren Alaina marked her late father's 13th anniversary of sobriety with a heartbreaking, but important, update.

In an emotional social media video, the singer reveals that her dad — who got sober from alcohol after he and Alaina's mother divorced in 2013 — relapsed before he died.

Alaina's father was J.J. Suddeth.

He died in July 2024.

Alaina has talked about how she honored Suddeth in her live shows, and how he fostered her early musical pursuits.

She also spoke about his struggle with alcohol and journey to sobriety in a 2017 Parade interview .

"Today would have been his 13th year of sobriety if he had made it," the singer says in her tearful new update. "He passed away a little over a year ago."

"But he didn't make it to his 12th year either, and I'm not even sure ab

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