{"id":1917555,"date":"2023-04-21T05:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granger-smith-admits-to-taking-edibles-to-deal-with-sons-death-then-reveals-what-actually-helped\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T05:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:58:04","slug":"granger-smith-admits-to-taking-edibles-to-deal-with-sons-death-then-reveals-what-actually-helped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/granger-smith-admits-to-taking-edibles-to-deal-with-sons-death-then-reveals-what-actually-helped\/","title":{"rendered":"Granger Smith Admits To Taking \u2018Edibles\u2019 To Deal With Son\u2019s Death \u2014 Then Reveals What Actually Helped"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgranger-smith-admits-to-taking-edibles-to-deal-with-sons-death-then-reveals-what-actually-helped%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1917555&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Country music star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/country-stars-wife-shares-heartbreaking-post-about-importance-of-teaching-babies-to-swim-after-losing-3-year-old-son\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Granger Smith<\/a> admitted that after his 3-year-old son\u2019s death he tried everything \u2014 diet, exercise, \u201cdifferent edibles\u201d \u2014 but the only thing that helped was surrendering to God.<\/p>\n<p>The 43-year-old country singer opened up about the tragedy he and his wife Amber went through in 2019 when their child River drowned in their backyard swimming pool. Smith detailed the struggles he went through in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Like-River-Finding-Strength-Heartache\/dp\/1400334365\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TWAPWKEVL9SK&#038;keywords=like+a+river+granger+smith&#038;qid=1681917994&#038;sprefix=LIKE+A+RIVER%2Caps%2C106&#038;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upcoming book<\/a>, \u201cLike a River: Finding the Faith and Strength to Move Forward After Loss and Heartache\u201d due out on August 1, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/granger-smith-feels-relief-leaving-country-music-serve-god-surrender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrying to figure out how I was going to wake up in the morning and start a new day, knowing I have a dead son, is something that I failed at for months and months \u2026 I tried everything,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried the self-help books and I tried different forms of exercise, diets,\u201d he added. \u201cDifferent edibles \u2013 anything. If you would\u2019ve said, \u2018Are you going through heartache? Are you going through extreme grief? Try this. I read about this, try it,\u2019 I\u2019d probably try it \u2026 I was going to do anything so that I could be strong for my family. Nothing was working.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrangerSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GrangerSmith<\/a> feels &#8216;relief&#8217; leaving country music to &#8216;serve&#8217; God: &#8216;I need to completely surrender&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2HdotUVJEX\">https:\/\/t.co\/2HdotUVJEX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1648991549538316288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMost people don\u2019t know that as I was touring and playing music around this time, I might have had a smile on my face, but I was pretty messed up,\u201d the country singer continued.<\/p>\n<p>Smith said it was when he turned to his faith that he was finally able to deal with the grief and find a way to live with it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s look at it this way \u2013 when you have a 3 or 4-year-old child, they might be going through something really tough, like trying to tie their shoes,\u201d Granger said. \u201cThey\u2019re getting frustrated \u2026 they\u2019re hungry \u2026 They\u2019re just going through this tough time of just tying their shoes and everything is going wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen a parent comes in, picks them up, and says, \u2018Stop fighting. I got you. I\u2019ll get your shoes tied. I\u2019ll get you to school. Just stop fighting,&#8217;\u201d he added. \u201cIt\u2019s that same feeling I had when I finally released myself and said, \u2018God, I\u2019m giving this all to you. Just take it.\u2019 And then that fatherly feeling of Him just wrapping his arms around me and going, \u2018I got you.\u2019 That\u2019s the feeling of relief that I had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1681913061093000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1nSUp7X_GMxrPR-OuaxTA7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the \u201cBackroad Song\u201d hitmaker announced he was leaving country music to dedicate his life to his faith and focus on his ministry, as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/country-singer-granger-smith-announces-his-final-tour-says-hes-leaving-music-to-focus-on-faith\">reported<\/a>. In 2021, Smith and his wife welcomed another son, Maverick, into the world. The couple also share two other children, London and Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/surrendered-to-god-country-singer-granger-smith-says-faith-saved-my-life-after-losing-his-child\">\u2018Surrendered To God\u2019: Country Singer Granger Smith Says Faith \u2018Saved My Life\u2019 After Losing His Child<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Country music star Granger Smith admitted that after his 3-year-old son\u2019s death he tried everything \u2014 diet, exercise, \u201cdifferent edibles\u201d \u2014 but the only thing that helped was surrendering to God. 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