 Conversely, his career as a recording artist seemed to be running out of steam as the decade wore on; he had not had a significant solo hit of his own since 1973’s “Why Me,” and his most recent album, "Surreal Thing", didn’t crack the "Billboard" 100.One significant event that did occur during this period is Kristofferson stopped drinking.In the A&E episode of "Biography" about his life, he admitted to being shaken after seeing himself unravel in "A Star Is Born", recalling, “When I saw the screen, and saw the dead body, it struck me that that would be Rita (Coolidge, his then wife) and (daughter) Casey, and the people I love looking at what I left behind.