“I drank until I passed out”: Wayne Rooney confessed his descent into alcohol when he was a footballer

The name of Wayne Rooney He is associated with a great former footballer and after hanging up his boots, he has contributed to the growth of the sport with his analysis, in addition to his rising career as a coach.

But now his own Rooney confessed the other part of his story: alcohol addiction. The 38-year-old Briton said that in his early years he would lock himself in his house and drink until he passed out.

“When I was in my early 20s, I spent a couple of days at home and didn’t leave the house or I drank until I passed out“Rooney acknowledged.

In the conversation he had on the podcast seven from the British network BBCexplained how the pressure of being a footballer and his little knowledge of mental health, He was forced into alcoholism at an early age.something was careful not to be noticed on the playing field.

“I have had many different challenges, both on and off the field, and my release was alcohol,” he added.

Coming from the basic forces of the Everton club, Rooney shone with the England team at Euro 2004, so Manchester United did not hesitate to venture into hiring him, which in the end cost them almost $30 million dollars.

Even with his talent, abilities, and the trust placed in him by Manchester United, the mental health problems that led him to drink excessively continued, in addition to loneliness.

“I didn’t want to be around people because sometimes you feel embarrassed and other times you feel like you’ve let them down,” he explained to former rugby player Rob Burrow, host of the podcast.

Rooney explained that his belief that he had to solve the problems alone, without seeking help, was what led him to drink non-stopsimply seeking to stop thinking about all the pressure and tension he felt about being a footballer.

“I didn’t know how else to deal with it, so I chose alcohol to try to help me get through it (…) When you do that and let yourself be helped or guided by other people, you can really stay in the hole… And I was like that for a few years,” said the Englishman.

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