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Akbar Gbajabiamila

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
887 total appearances

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We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Do you know why?

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Do you know why that was?

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Because what happens is you need more... After you take these painkillers,

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

when you're coming down off of it you feel pain so you confuse the pain that you had when you started using the pills yeah right with the pain of withdrawal and once you get done with the withdrawal okay your pain if it was a 10 or you thought it was a 10 it's now a 2 wow and you can work around it wow yeah i mean that was that was over a decade ago

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

actually more than that, like 14, 15 years ago, and I don't use it.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

In fact, even if I have surgeries and stuff like that, I don't even want it, because I don't even want to go back into that route.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

But I will ask you something.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I'll tell you one addiction that,

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

And I don't say this to be funny at all, but the one addiction that I'm really trying to break and I'm having a hard time and it's actually made me relate to relatives and people I know who struggle with addiction in that way is sugar.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I thought he was going to say sex addiction.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

No.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I swear to God, I was preparing for sex addiction.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

No, no.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

It's the other S word, sugar.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

I'm genuinely trying to break it.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

All right.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Well, let me tell you how you do it.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Yeah.

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

And I've thought about going through like, I said, what if I did one of those AA type things to go through the steps and process?

We're Out of Time
From NFL to TV Stardom: Akbar Gbajabiamila on Identity, Addiction & Resilience

Like, because I'll go through, like I can hardcore go two weeks and force myself.