Breaking Addiction
A Short Video of Stories, Struggles, Advice and Inspiration
Rockwell Recovery Center, Florida
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5 and half years ago, I couldn’t go a single day without a drink. A single day without drugs. A single day without those destructive escapes that were decimating my life and affecting everyone around me.Â
In a place that was hopeless
Back in 2007, I was playing youth soccer in Brazil, on the top of my game. Chasing big dreams.
I had a long distance relationship, high school sweetheart if you want to call it that. We broke up and overnight, I walked away from it all. From soccer. from my dreams. I spiraled into wanting to escape the choices I made and a year later, I had fallen deep into addiction and gained 210 lbs. In a year.
I went from 143 lbs to 356 lbs and that made me want to escape even more. The drugs. The alcohol. Deeper. And deeper.
Escape into addictions
6 months later, I transitioned into the fashion industry. A scary place to be for a 356 lbs man. I strived against the norm and steadily built my new career – worked with everybody from Justin Beiber to Katy Perry to Kanye West. I was the wealthiest and most successful I ever was in my life. The insecurity and past choices however, still had a hold on me.Â
“I am gonna die today…”
It was 2012. I was on the 31st floor of my penthouse office balcony. I had everything. And yet, I had nothing. I had a 100 painkillers in my stream along with a full bottle of Vodka.Â
It was by the grace of God that I woke up the next day. It was the by grace of that one friend I had – the one that saved me.Â
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