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Ruston Kelly surrendered to sobriety after a freak accident nearly derailed his life.

Kelly, 37, admitted he was three days sober after relapsing following a golf cart crash in June.

The country music singer reflected on the last few challenging months in a candid social media post shared Wednesday with followers.

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Kelly showed fans a gold Narcotics Anonymous token which read, "My gratitude speaks when I care and when I share with others the NA way." Recovery chips are often shared in meetings to commemorate clean living milestones.

"I told myself back in 2021 that as long as I wasn’t using amphetamines that I would be on the right 'clean' journey for myself," Kelly shared on Instagram. "I had never been addicted to any drug other than those pills. I lumped in alcohol and THC etc initially because I thought that’s what I was supposed to do."

"Somewhere along the way I became obstinate in my journey, that I wasn’t an 'addict' in the traditional sense of the word, that I was only addicted to amphetamines. 'I’ve never had a problem with alcohol, I’ve never had a problem with XYZ.' 'See I can be like everyone else, I can show self control, I am in control.'"

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Despite reaching a point of "spiritual surrender," Kelly admitted he was only attempting to "live a lifestyle that was satisfactory to my carnal impulses because I 'never had a problem with them.'"

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In June, Kelly broke his arm "in half" following a golf cart accident where he overcorrected the vehicle and flipped the cart.

"After my accident where I broke my arm in half, I was given fentanyl morphine ketamine dilaudid and oxycodone for 3 days leaving with a month long Rx of Percocet," Kelly wrote. "I needed it for the level 15 pain but very quickly they started running out sooner and sooner.

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"I was chewing them in the pharmacy before I walked out the door. I was hiding how many at a time I was taking. I was complaining to the dr it wasn’t enough."

His new drug dependency "awakened something I hadn’t felt in a very long time."

"On July 26 I decided to end any chance of ruining anything good," Kelly confessed. "For my soul my wife my family my art and career and my people. I admitted that whether I like it or not I will forever have a substance abuse disease."

He added, "ALL drugs/substances including alcohol and THC are off the table for good (working on nicotine) That if there is something that will scratch an itch I didn’t think I had, I will use it beyond excess and into addiction.

"I am 3 days completely clean and sober again, and intend to remain this way forever, one day at a time."

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Anaheim Ducks forward Leo Carlsson's reign as the highest-paid player in the NHL didn't even last until the regular season, and that's because there's a new top dog on the paycheck front, and his name is Macklin Celebrini.

The San Jose Sharks' top pick in the 2024 NHL Draft signed a five-year extension that kicks in 2027-28 and is worth an AAV of $18.8 million per year.

That's $800,000 more than Carlsson will make this year.

If you had told me that 19- to 21-year-old NHLers would make more money in a season than LeBron James, I'd have insisted that you go seek professional help.

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But this is the reality we're living in, and players are getting paid.

"I couldn’t be happier to sign an extension today," Celebrini said, per NHL.com. "The faith and support that Mr. (Sharks owner Hasso) Plattner, Mike Grier and the entire staff have shown me throughout the past two seasons is proof that we are building something special here. My teammates and I are ready to take another step toward the ultimate goal of bringing a Stanley Cup to this city and its incredible fans. I can't wait to get going."

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While it's a lot of coin, this was an incredibly smart move from Sharks GM Mike Grier.

Celebrini is the unquestioned centerpiece of a Sharks team with a lot of good young players like Will Smith and Michael Misa. Celebrini was set to be a restricted free agent next season, and there's no reason to think that he wouldn't re-sign in San Jose.

But Carlsson got his $18 million deal because the Ducks matched an offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Sharks moved quickly, and by doing so, they prevented the possibility of an offer sheet. Plus, at the rate that NHL salaries and the salary cap are on the rise, it may only be a couple of years before $18.8 million looks like a team-friendly deal.

Especially if Celebrini follows up his massive sophomore season in which he put up 115 points (45 G, 70A) and earned himself a trip to the Olympics.

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Christopher Nolan’s "The Odyssey" isn’t the only long journey people are talking about, as a squirrel caused chaos at Comerica Park on Monday night.

During the bottom of the sixth inning of the Baltimore Orioles’ 8-5 win over the Detroit Tigers, a black squirrel got loose in the outfield.

The squirrel raced up and down the warning track, and play continued for a full inning while the critter made its way around the ballpark. At one point, the squirrel wasn’t too far away from a dove that was sitting on the warning track, also taking in the game.

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While the black squirrel's journey across the field may not have been as arduous as Odysseus', it was certainly entertaining.

During the top of the seventh inning, it made its way through the infield, but the game continued. The real fireworks began during the seventh-inning stretch as the grounds crew emerged to remove the squirrel.

The squirrel was making its way toward the right-field corner, and a security guard opened up the outfield gate, but the squirrel did not go through. About 15 members of the Tigers’ grounds crew, along with Orioles outfielder Leody Taveras, then tried to pick the squirrel up, but it proved elusive.

At one point, the squirrel’s shiftiness juked out one of the grounds crew so badly that it brought him to his knees.

The squirrel was chased into Taveras’ glove, but as he tried to snatch up the animal, the squirrel vaulted out of his glove and went flying before regaining his balance and continuing to flummox the grounds crew with its dexterity.

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"I just was trying to stop it. When it got into my glove, I don’t want to squeeze it, so I was just trying to bring it up. I wasn’t trying to do that. But they got it out," Taveras said, via MLB.com. "I hope it’s good."

After escaping Taveras’ glove, it seemed as if the squirrel was finally trapped in the right-field corner, but it was able to dodge the towels the grounds crew threw at it and keep moving.

At one point, one member of the grounds crew was able to grab the squirrel for a moment, but it once again broke free. The squirrel dodged two attempts from the grounds crew to smother it with a towel before finally being caught under a third towel.

The grounds crew member then picked up the squirrel, which was under a towel, and was booed off the field by a vociferous Tigers’ crowd.

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Play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti added some thrilling commentary as the scene unfolded.

"The chase for the squirrel is on, and the squirrel is in the corner and the squirrel is still eluding an entire horde of grounds crew members! And the squirrel is free once again, hemmed in? No! I won’t be hemmed in, I have freedom on my mind! Trying to go between the legs and eventually gets away again! And hops through the towel! And hops through another towel! The forcefield is activated, towels can’t stop him, or maybe they can," Benetti said as the squirrel was finally caught.

After the squirrel was caught, home plate umpire Bill Miller gave a shoutout to the grounds crew for their efforts.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to thank the grounds crew. Let's give them a round of applause. The Detroit Tigers grounds crew, thank you," Miller said, via MLB.com.

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz aptly described the whole situation as "nuts."

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"The whole squirrel thing was nuts," Albernaz said, via MLB.com. "I mean, at one point, I thought he was going to go into the batter’s box, see what was going on. He had a great view of the game. I think Bill Miller, the home-plate umpire, really stole the show with getting everyone out there, and then I had no idea Leody tried to glove-flip it or catch it in right field. I didn’t see that video until after the game. Nice job, Leody."

The Orioles (52-55) will hope there aren’t any other squirrels running around Comerica Park when they take on the Tigers (50-57) in the middle game of a three-game series Tuesday at 6:40 p.m. ET.

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Kelly Ripa's painful dental surgery sidelined the daytime TV staple, forcing the famously chatty host into an unusual recovery that left husband Mark Consuelos revealing she couldn't even speak.

During Monday's show, Consuelos revealed Ripa had undergone gum graft surgery.

"Kelly sends her love," the "Live with Kelly and Mark" co-host told guest Nick Jonas. "Kelly had a little bit – well, it’s not a little – she had a gum graft surgery."

Gum graft surgery typically helps correct thinning or receding gums, according to Cleveland Clinic. Consuelos admitted Ripa had been recommended to have the surgery years ago.

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"Her dentist said five years ago, ‘You can do it in about five years,’" Consuelos recalled. "And she joked, ‘I didn’t think I’d still be on the air in five years!’"

Consuelos revealed her lengthy recovery process includes not talking.

"Wow. That’s got to be the hardest thing she’s ever done," Jonas joked.

Describing Ripa as "such a great conversationalist," Consuelos hinted he might be having trouble getting the talk show host to follow doctor's orders.

"I’m trying to keep her to follow the rules, follow the directions," he said.

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As Ripa recovered at home, Consuelos said the toughest part wasn't the pain – it was convincing the famously curious TV host to stop checking on her healing gums and let the procedure do its work.

"Last night she was like, ‘Can you look?’ I’m like, ‘I’m not pulling your lip down,’" Consuelos said. Ripa instead got into position so Consuelos could check without touching her lip. "So I’m down there like, ‘It looks great!’"

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The longtime actor said the surgery was especially alarming because Ripa rarely complains about pain, making this recovery stand out from any previous trip to the dentist.

"Yeah, it’s painful," he told Jonas. "But she famously doesn’t feel pain. When she goes into the dentist, she doesn’t use the novocaine. But this one hurts, so I know it’s bad."

Ripa's notoriously high pain tolerance led Jonas to marvel at just how much women can endure. He revealed his own wife, Danielle Jonas, has a similar ability to brush off pain.

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"I’ll be like, ‘Are you in pain?’ She’s like, ‘I’m fine!’ Come to find out her foot’s, like, falling off," Jonas joked.

"Well, they do have kids. They deliver kids," Consuelos added. "We’re not built for that."

Ripa is not expected to return to "Live" for the next week, a representative for the show confirmed to People.

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