Former ECW/WWE Superstar Justin Credible was recently a guest on The Steve Austin Show, where he revealed some interesting details regarding the WWE sponsored Rehab Program in place to help out former Superstars dealing with substance abuse issues.
Credible went on to discuss how badly he was suffering from alcohol addiction, almost being on the verge of death he says. Credible goes on to give details about the WWE Sponsored Rehab Facility and Program he participated in after reaching out to them for help.
“I got clean off opioids about five, six years ago.” Credible continued, “since then, I felt, I guess, I wasn’t really happy with who I was and trying to find a life outside the [pro wrestling] business because, quite frankly, it wasn’t paying the bills and it was real hard for me mentally. It became a mental health issue, so I started drinking. At first, not too much, just casual. A beer here, a beer there, and it just snowballed, man. It snowballed into, like, 750 litres of vodka a day. You mix that up with, like, Coca Cola and sugar, because I actually hate the taste of booze, believe it or not.
Over a period of five years, brother, it snowballed to where I was almost 300 lbs. of just pure bloat, fat, on the verge of death,” Credible admitted. “My liver failing, my calves were… I thought I was going to lose my legs. It was ridiculous. So anyways, I went for help. I asked WWE’s Wellness Policy.”
Credible goes on to give credit to the WWE Wellness Policy for saving his life, and getting him back on the right track.
“The Wellness Program, the first time around, saved my life, and that got me good.” Credible professed, “but booze is so hard, man. Not to give it whatever, but it’s so hard because it’s so culturally available. Like, I was at my daughter’s christening Thursday, man, and everyone’s kicking back at the afterparty having a cocktail, having a glass of wine, and I know that I can’t have that one. Do you know what I mean? For me, it’s a torturous thing. It’s like, ‘hell, why have one when I can have two or three and feel that feeling?’ And, unfortunately, I know I can’t. I can’t. I don’t have that control and it’s just one of those things and it kind of sucks. But I’m grateful. I’m grateful to just be here, dude.”
Credible also gave details regarding the process of entering into WWE’s Wellness Program.
“You call the office, Talent Relations,” Credible explained. “There’s actually a network of people, men and women that are a part of the WWE who are in that network, that’s your support team. But they’ll set you up in a facility. A lot of the time, depending on what you use, what your drug of choice is or if it’s alcohol, whatever it is, there is a medical protocol that you go through, detoxification program, whatever you need and they teach you. Man, it’s amazing the level of lifeskills or lack of because it’s a full-time job being an addict.”
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(H/T wrestling inc for the transcriptions.)
