Editing Bonnie Raitt (section)

==Personal life==
Raitt has taken [[sabbatical]]s, including after the deaths of her parents, brother, and best friend. She has said "When I went through a lot of loss, I took a hiatus."<ref name="ontheredcarpet1"/> Raitt and actor [[Michael O'Keefe]] were married on April 27, 1991.<ref name="LarkinBlues"/> They announced their divorce on November 9, 1999,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Nov_9/ai_57433327/?tag=content;col1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908093050/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1999_Nov_9/ai_57433327/?tag=content;col1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2013 |title=Bonnie Raitt and Michael O'Keefe Divorcing |date=November 9, 1999 |work=Entertainment Wire |publisher=Business Wire |access-date=April 15, 2011 }}</ref> with a factor appearing to be that their careers caused considerable time apart.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20129891,00.html |title=Left Singing the Blues |magazine=People |date=November 29, 1999 |access-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625102003/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20129891,00.html |archive-date=June 25, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Drug and alcohol use and recovery===
Raitt was a user of alcohol and drugs, but began [[psychotherapy]] and joined [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] in the late 1980s. "I thought I had to live that partying lifestyle in order to be authentic," she said, "but in fact if you keep it up too long, all you're going to be is sloppy or dead."<ref name="ontheredcarpet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Bonnie-Raitt-talks-new-album--25-years-of-sobriety--Whitney-Houston-Video/8616790|title=Bonnie Raitt talks new album,' 25 years of sobriety and Whitney Houston – 04/11/2012 &#124; Entertainment News from|publisher=OnTheRedCarpet.com|access-date=2014-04-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218153631/http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Bonnie-Raitt-talks-new-album--25-years-of-sobriety--Whitney-Houston-Video/8616790|archive-date=December 18, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She has been sober since 1987. She has credited [[Stevie Ray Vaughan]] for breaking her substance abuse, saying that what gave her the courage to admit her alcohol problem and stop drinking was seeing that Vaughan was an even better musician when sober.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/health-and-medicine/why-honesty-about-hitchens-addictions-matters/ |title=Why Honesty About Hitchens' Addictions Matters |publisher=Samefacts.com |date=December 20, 2011 |access-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211220643/http://www.samefacts.com/2011/12/health-and-medicine/why-honesty-about-hitchens-addictions-matters/ |archive-date=December 11, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> She has also said that she stopped because she realized that the "late night life" was not working for her.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonnie-raitt-will-not-be-broken/ |title=Bonnie Raitt Will Not Be Broken |work=CBS News |date=January 15, 2006 |access-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212024340/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bonnie-raitt-will-not-be-broken/ |archive-date=February 12, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In 1989, she said, "I really feel like some angels have been carrying me around. I just have more focus and more discipline, and consequently more self-respect."<ref>{{cite magazine| url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/200910/the-long-and-winding-road-recovery-and-renewal |title=The Long and Winding Road to Recovery and Renewal |magazine=Psychology Today |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref>