Buff Bagwell has been very open about his issues with addiction over the years, and he spoke about that very topic on a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast.
Bagwell blamed his “character” for his substance abuse.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On his character being blamed for his substance abuse: “It just happened to be that Buff got the blame for it… And he should of. But I think he gets a lot of heat. Buff gets a lot of heat where he really don’t deserve.”
On speaking up about his addiction issues: “I spoke up, and I realize that by speaking up, it hurt me. And I really thought that other guys were speaking up, so I thought, ‘Hey, I’ll speak up, too.’ I tried to apologize for my mistakes as I was going.”
On losing himself in addiction: “Through addiction, I lost that balance and just became a 24/7 wake-up –- just when the knee happened, it was so depressing to me, and I finally did what every addict does. I isolated. Drinking was never a problem to me, but it became my number one problem because it’s easiest to get.”