The Wrestler star, who battled alcohol and drug addiction for several years, claims in PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk’s new book One Can Make a Difference: How Simple Actions Can Change the World that a priest helped save his life.
"I did see a priest for a while, a great one who stopped me from blowing my brains out. We’d go in the basement, he’d pour me a glass of wine, we’d smoke cigarettes, and then we’d pray. But I needed a shrink too, so I forced myself to go.
“I had to learn not to let people push my buttons, find out what was triggering all this rage, and stop throwing things away. I’ve barely missed a therapy session in over a decade, and that takes willpower.”
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