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To all of Billy Currington’s amazing fans who are constantly asking us for an update on information regarding his whereabouts and career.

The Unofficial Billy Currington Fan Club is pleased to be able to share the wonderful news that Billy is back in Nashville, Tn. and is coming back to the country music scene. The Tennessean.com has graciously allowed us to reprint and share the homecoming interview taken by the talented Beverly Keel.

Currington Returns to Music After Therapy in Hawaii

Written By: Beverly Keel • January 27, 2008
Copyright © 2008 Tennessean.com

Country singer Billy Currington is back in Nashville and ready to resume his music career after completing six months of intensive therapy in Hawaii.

In June, Billy began a 30-day trauma recovery program program at Arizona's Sierra Tucson to treat anger issues resulting from childhood abuse. After completing that, he took the rest of the year off to work with two therapists in Hawaii specializing in childhood trauma.

"It was such a bigger picture there," he says, comparing Hawaii with Sierra Tucson. "It's hard to explain. It was very intensive and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I just learned so much from these guys, a lot of techniques and tools and different things to take with me throughout the rest of my life that I wouldn't have learned otherwise.

"I'm thankful for it. I look back and I really feel like my life was in an unhealthy place. I feel fortunate that I was in the right place to be able to take that short break and look at my inner self to begin a journey to fix what I felt was broken. In a short amount of time, I feel better than I ever have."

Billy, who returned to town last week, says he's not really a different person.

"I can say I'm a better person all around, for sure, in the ways that I respond to different situations. I can't see it being like it was before."

This unexpected career hiatus came when Billy was enjoying a platinum album and second No. 1 hit, "Good Directions." "I still saw my career as having many, many miles to go before I reach a peak," he says. "I couldn't have done it any other way. It was just something in that moment in time that I had to do."

He's working on his next album and will begin touring in May. "I'm excited about all there is to come for my career in this music industry."

But now he has a different perspective on his career. "I'll do things a lot differently, as far as how much I'll work, who I am surrounded by and even how my shows will be now. It's going to be so much better."

He received thousands of letters from fans and those who share similar life experiences. "I've read every one of them," he says. "I took my days when I was in Hawaii to sit down and go through them. It was another way that reminded me of how blessed I am. To my fans, thank you so much."