Retired quarterback Brett Favre says he made three trips to rehabilitation centers during his Hall of Fame career to fight his dependence on painkillers and alcohol.
Favre told Sports Illustrated he took as many as 14 Vicodin at one time during the 1995 season in Green Bay. Favre won the first of his three consecutive Most Valuable Player awards that season.
”It is really amazing
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Favre said his issues with pills caused him to spend 28 days at a center in Rayville
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”When I drank, I drank to excess,” Favre said. ”So when I went in the second time, to the place in Kansas, I remember vividly fighting them in there. They said drinking was the gateway drug for me
Kareem Jackson Jersey , and they were right, absolutely right, but I wouldn’t admit it. I will never forget one of the nurses. I had it all figured out. I fought with this nurse all the time. I would not admit the drinking problem. At the end, she said to me, `You’ll be back.’
”I was back. 1998. Guess who was waiting there when I walked in – that same nurse.”
The Packers, through a spokesman
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Favre played in the NFL from 1991-2010 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
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