Shakeel O’Neil It is to be frank about its use of pain relievers.
On Monday, August 11, from the episode “Armshair Chair Expert with Dax Shepard”, the former professional basketball player asked if he was addicted to pain relievers despite his doctor’s concerns.
“So, I have a question,” O’Neill, 53, answered, after he was asked whether he was concerned about his addiction. “Is” addiction “is the chemical effect, or you only take it?
Shepard, 50, noted that although O’Neill may not have felt “high”, he might “only felt the absence of pain.”
“Yes. I didn’t know this addiction,” O’Neill replied.
The former American professional league star explained that he felt “needed to play wonderfully” instead of just “good”, which was one of the reasons behind his choice to take pain relievers often.
He said, “I don’t think I was mentally suffering.” “I think if I have a talent, I will take it because I do not want to feel this talent because we need this game.”
“You hear stories …” Oh, it was addicted. “I was not, but I had to get it – is this addiction?”
Shakeel O’Neel.
(Photo by Kennedy Pollard/Getti Emiez for RBC)The retired athlete has already opened the use of pain relievers as well as other health problems during an interview with Gq Magazine in 2022.
“When you play, you go to the doctor to verify and physically, right? But I didn’t play in 11 years, so if I don’t play, what will I go to the doctor, right?” He said to the port.
So when I went back to the doctor, there were some things that I never knew. It gives you those specific words: “O man, I got breathing stop during sleep. Stopping breathing during sleep can cause high blood pressure or strokes, you can die. “I said,” What? “
He added that the pain relievers and their negative effects on his body also came while the doctor was disturbed.
Then, “all of these painkillers that you were eating, brother? Your college is a type of weak. No more pain relievers. “I used to rely on pain relievers – not addicted. Certain days I could not move, I have emerged one or two, just to make me go. But I am outside this now. “
If you or anyone you know are fighting drug use, contact the national aid for drug and mental health services (SAMHSA) on the number 1-800-662 (4357).
