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Rey Mysterio reveals his drugs hell

  • 11-12-2009 1:30pm
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    Sorry if the title is misleading

    From: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/wrestling/2754012/WWE-star-Rey-Mysterio-reveals-his-drugs-hell.html
    REY MYSTERIO has lifted the lid on the battle with prescription drugs that almost cost him his family and ended his wrestling career.

    The former WWE world champion revealed he spent a month in a clinic last summer to help him stop abusing painkillers.



    Mysterio — who has previously been suspended for falling foul of the WWE's Wellness Policy — became addicted after countless wrestling injuries and surgeries took their toll.



    In the final SunSport extract from his autobiography, Rey writes: "I spent a month in a medical clinic — I hate to call it rehab, though others will — to fight my abuse of painkillers. I was in for thirty days, exactly.
    "After all my operations, I had a lot of pain. The doctor prescribed painkillers, including mild narcotics, to help me deal with it.
    "Unfortunately, I developed a dependency on the drugs and continued to take them long after the operations.



    "These were legal drugs, which help millions of people every year.
    "The pain from operations — whether they have to do with wrestling injuries or just everyday life — shouldn't be underestimated. Painkilling drugs, when prescribed by doctors, are an important way to get better.
    "But like anything, too much of them can be a very bad thing.
    "In the summer of 2008, following the three operations on my biceps and my recovery, I realised I had developed an addiction.



    "I was abusing my body, taking too many pills for a longer period than I should have. I'd crossed some soft of line.
    "I couldn't function without the medication."
    In 2007 Mysterio was named in a Sports Illustrated article investigating steroid and Human Growth Human use by athletes, alongside a number of other wrestlers.


    And on September 2 of this year he was suspended for 30 days for violating the WWE's Wellness Policy. He claimed his employer treated him "very badly" and he had a prescription for the drug in question, which helped with knee and arm injuries.



    Looking back at last summer, Mysterio revealed that he was nervous on entering the clinic to get help, but did so with the full support of his wife, children and the WWE.
    The masked star knew it was the right thing to do.
    He added: "Once I decide on a goal, I don't rest until I accomplish it. That's what I did there.



    "At the clinic, the patients all supported each other.
    "A few were wrestling fans, but whether they knew who I was or not wasn't very important. We were all working together.
    "The staff and other patients were fantastic.
    "It was difficult work, but every day I felt a little stronger. Maybe I was able to help others as well.
    "The counsellors told me I brought a lot of peace and tranquillity to the clinic. They told me they would really miss me when I left.
    "You know what? I miss them too, but I hope I won't see them soon.
    "At least not there."


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