AEW wrestler Jon Moxley recently spoke with The Messenger to discuss his sobriety and how he’s been able to maintain it with the support of his family.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On maintaining his sobriety: “It’s f**king hard. It’s not the same hell as before, but it’s a completely different challenge every single day where you don’t know what direction it might go in… I would love to give you like a positive, self-help book-type answer or something about f**king sunshine and rainbows and fairies and s**t, but that’s really not reality. It’s been good on the whole, it’s been good. I’m the luckiest guy in the world. But, you know, you will pay for it on the other side, your choices you make in your life.”
On the body’s response to alcohol abuse: “You f**k up your brain chemistry. It takes a lot of time for your body and the physical damage you’ve done to yourself to regulate itself.”
On the ongoing process of recovery: “I’m not always the easiest person to be around. I have crazy mood swings and s**t like that.”
On his family’s support: “[My daughter gives me] a motivation because you have a standard to live up to. Whatever I do, whatever choices I make, she’s going to see that. Or see that eventually as she gets older… Without Renee, I couldn’t even tell you what my life would have ended up like. It’s probably the most fortunate thing to ever happen. God knows. I could be f**king buried in the desert in Vegas right now.”
On his future: “I plan on being here for a long f**king time and accomplishing a lot more. I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface on what I’m capable of.”
