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"Tim McGraw has opened up about his decision to quit alcohol. The &amp;#039;Live Like You Were Dying&amp;#039; singer stopped by The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week and explained what led him to get sober five years ago.  &amp;quot;I think it&amp;#039;s a personal choice - when it gets to the point where you think it&amp;#039;s affecting you adversely and it&amp;#039;s affecting your relationships, it&amp;#039;s time to make a change,&amp;quot; McGraw said. &amp;quot;I thought it was [time].&amp;quot; He further commented: &amp;quot;I also thought my girls are getting older and I certainly wanted to have some good, solid ground to stand on when I started talking to them about their situations.&amp;quot; McGraw went on to stress that he felt the mature thing to do was to put his boozing days behind him. &amp;quot;I felt like it was time to grow up a little bit for me. Things weren&amp;#039;t going the way I wanted them to,&amp;quot; he said.  [Tim McGraw and Faith Hill] McGraw is married to singer Faith Hill and has three daughters, Grace, Maggie and Audrey. The singer - who has sold 40 million albums in the US - is currently on the media circuit promoting his 12th record Two Lanes of Freedom. McGraw&amp;#039;s interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show airs today (February 5). Watch Tim McGraw&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Live Like You Were Dying&amp;#039; music video below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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