The former EPL star's 'shocking confession' and why he had the courage to speak out

 

Do you know Danny Murphy? 

He's a former English Premier League (EPL) star midfielder. He played for Liverpool, Tottenham, Fulham, and Blackburn, among others. He started his professional career in 1993 with Cru Alexandra and retired from active play in 2013 with Blackburn. He was also called up to the England national team. His career was full of ups and downs, and he"s been working as a soccer pundit since retiring. 

However, he made a shocking confession. He admitted that he used to be addicted to drugs. It"s not an easy confession to make. He had the courage to do it because he wanted to recognize the suffering of soccer players. 

Murphy's addiction came shortly after he retired from the game. It's soccer players right out of retirement that Murphy wants to bring attention to the extreme suffering of soccer players. 

In Murphy's case, he played professional soccer for 20 years. That's even longer if you include youth. He's been around soccer for most of his life. Training, playing, hearing the fans cheer, feeling the thrill of victory, and so on. And then, in one fell swoop, the life you've become so accustomed to is gone. 

Wha does it feel like to feel like you've lost everything? The emptiness, the void, the loneliness, the deprivation, the compulsion that comes with suddenly stopping something you've been doing for decades. That's what Murphy felt. So he turned to drugs. Murphy had the courage to open up about his struggle in the hopes that those younger than him wouldn't have to go through it. 

In a podcast interview, Murphy confessed. 

"When a soccer player loses his soccer, he has a problem. Over time, the problem grows. When you play soccer, you get a burst of adrenaline and 바카라사이트 dopamine, when you play soccer you think positive thoughts, when you play soccer you have energy. Without soccer? I fell into a really deep despair, and then I tried cocaine and cannabis. I wasn't an alcoholic. I could live without alcohol, but I was dependent on drugs. I became addicted to cocaine. It got to the point where I couldn't do anything without it. I started with once a week, then twice a week, then every three days... The time kept getting shorter and shorter, and eventually I was so addicted that I couldn't get away from it."

Realizing he couldn't live like this, Murphy vowed to get clean, and he did. He retired in 2013 and lived a drug-free life until 2017, when he began to seek professional help and, with hard work, succeeded in transitioning to a drug-free life. He worries about younger people who might experience the same thing he did. 

"When I stopped using drugs, it was because I had a desire to be better that I didn't have before. "The younger generation now lives in an environment where they have access to much more help than I did. There are systems in place. Still, it's not easy. The emotions that a soccer player goes through right after retirement are difficult. Problems can continue to arise for younger players." 

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