When he left WWE and went to TNA he immediately noticed some significant differences between the two promotions. It was almost as if everyone was walking on egg shells in WWE at that time, but TNA was a much more relaxing environment. Eric Bischoff told him he’d also have some control over writing/delivering his promos and that was very important to him.
Anderson informs that he started to abuse painkillers when he was working in WWE. He was very good at keeping it on the down-low, and not many people knew how many painkillers he was taking at that time. He’d order 1000 Vicodin at a time and would go through all of them in a week or two. When his abuse was at its worst, he spent $35,000 on Vicodin in one year.
When he finally decided to quit he went through 12 days of withdrawals, where he lid on a couch with shakes and cold sweats. In the end, it was worth it in order to kick that addiction.
That sums up today’s episode of The Steve Austin Show. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
