It was just another episode in his battle with addiction, which he spoke openly about in a conversation with Tracy McGrady and Vince Carter on “The Cousins.”
– You are talking to a real addict. I was taking cocaine, I had no obligations – he admitted.
He added that he did not take drugs during the NBA season.
– I didn’t do drugs while I was playing, but I did in the summer. It would be crazy if I took cocaine and played at the same time. My summers were incredible, full of cocaine. I had everything under control, but when you have the mind of an addict, all you think about is how to cheat the system. That’s what I did, I organized cocaine parties – said Odom, reports Sportske Novosti.
He believes that he had the potential to enter the Basketball Hall of Fame, but that his addiction closed that door.
– Let’s be real, I filmed a reality show with my ex-wife Khloé Kardashian in the middle of the season. So I played, won the award for the best sixth player and filmed the show at the same time. That’s why I know I had the motivation and character for it. But, in general, my size and my heritage… Yes, I harmed them by abusing drugs. Completely – he admitted.
He linked his problems to childhood trauma.
– It all started with marijuana. Many people do not inherit addiction genetically. My father was addicted to heroin. Marijuana doesn’t immediately get you hooked on something stronger, it’s not like you say to yourself, “I’m going to try cocaine.” I started smoking when I was 14 or 15… It’s also a result of trauma. My mother died when I was 12 years old… You just break when you lose your mother, she was my best friend. I remember that at the age of 10 I told her that I would play in the NBA league and buy her a big house, and at the age of 12 she was gone – he said.
Netflix will also talk about the retired basketball player. The documentary “The Death and Life of Lamar Odom” will premiere on March 31, focusing on the 2015 overdose that nearly cost him his life.
(Vijesti.ba)
