Kurt Angle Unveils Obscene Amount Of Money He Spent On Painkillers

Kurt Angle has been open about his challenging journey of conquering addiction and substance abuse, which has been extensively documented over the years. His triumphant recovery from these personal battles has enabled him to become an advocate and a source of inspiration for others who face similar struggles.

While speaking on the True Geordie Podcast, Kurt Angle revealed the astonishing amount of money he was dropping every month on his painkiller addiction. The Olympic Hero was spending upwards of $7k per month to keep up his addiction, and keep his body from experiencing earth-shattering pain due to all the injuries he raked up.

Kurt Angle’s willingness to openly discuss his experiences serves as a powerful reminder that addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life, regardless of their fame or success.

“Yeah, I’m not proud of it. I’ll tell you this. This is something that the doctors don’t tell you. When I broke my neck the second time, the first time in WWE, I met a doctor, and he introduced me to painkillers.”

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“He said, ‘These things are the greatest things in the world, you’re gonna love them.’ So I started taking one every four to six hours. After a while, your body builds a tolerance, and one doesn’t cut it. Then you take two, then two leads to four, four leads to eight. Before I knew it, I was taking 65 extra-strength Vicodin a day. This was within a six-month period of time. I mean, we’re talking almost enough to kill a horse, it was that bad. My focus was not wrestling anymore.”

“My focus was, when am I gonna get the drug next? I became a druggie. I became an addict right away. 65 extra-strength Vicodin a day. The reason why I was taking them was not because of the pain anymore. It was because I was going through withdrawal. So if I took 15 painkillers, a few hours later they would wear off, and I’d start having withdrawal again, so I was taking more all day. More and more all day long every single day.”

Vince McMahon wanted to give Kurt Angle some time off, but he wasn’t interested in a lighter schedule upon his return. Angle needed a reduced schedule, and he had to leave WWE in order to find that time off. 

Kurt Angle still made his return to WWE, where he is a Hall of Famer, and he had a run as RAW General Manager. Only time will tell if he returns to WWE television, but those days of taking bumps in the ring are over for Angle.

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