Buff Bagwell Recalls Losing Himself In Addiction, Speaking Up About His Issues

Buff Bagwell is well known for being vocal about his issues with addiction, and he spoke about doing so in a recent interview. Bagwell spoke about being vocal about his struggles in an appearance on Busted Open Radio and you can see the highlights below (h/t to Wrestling Inc):

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.”