For the first time in several weeks, we have a story about Travis Barker that doesn’t include Kourtney Kardashian’s name in it. The drummer says that his near death experience in a plane crash several years ago helped him kick his opioid addiction.
In fact, he says that the plane crash served as a “rehab” to help him kick his prescription drug addiction. Here’s what he has to say.
Travis told Men’s Health in a new interview that he definitely took control of his life and his life choices after he recovered from a 2008 plane crash that killed his two close friends Chris Baker, Charles “Che” Still and the two pilots.
Travis Barker Says Near Death Experience Helped Him Kick His Drug Addiction
He told the publication, “People are always like, ‘Did you go to rehab?’ And I [say], ‘No, I was in a plane crash.’ That was my rehab. Lose three of your friends and almost die? That was my wake-up call. If I wasn’t in a crash, I would have probably never quit.”
The drummer also said that he had smoked an “excessive amount of weed” prior to the crash and abused painkillers that he was afraid to fly.
Travis says that he had to learn how to walk again after undergoing 26 surgeries and multiple skin grafts after burns covered 60 percent of his body.
“I was told I wasn’t going to run again because I had so many grafts on my feet, and there was even talk of me never playing the drums again,” Barker shared. “As soon as I could walk, I could run. As soon as I could move my hands and my hands healed, I was playing drums. And now I’m in better shape than I’ve ever been.”
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