England soccer legend Paul Gascoigne has mentioned he’s a “sad drunk” residing within the spare room of his agent’s home in Dorset.
The 56-year-old, who performed for England 57 instances, has endured a decades-long public battle with drink and psychological well being issues which began throughout his taking part in profession and worsened after his retirement from soccer in 2004.
In 2020, Gascoigne mentioned he had been capable of flip his life round after having anti-alcohol pellets sewn in his abdomen which might make him sick if he had a drink.
However, in an interview with the High Performance podcast this week the previous Tottenham, Newcastle and Everton midfielder mentioned he’s now a “sad drunk” residing in a spare room on the dwelling of his agent Katie Davies.
Gascoigne, affectionately referred to as Gazza, additionally mentioned he had not too long ago been to an Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) assembly.
He mentioned: “I used to be a happy drunk, I ain’t anymore… I’m a sad drunk. I don’t go out and drink, I drink indoors. If I want to make it a bad day, [all I need to do is] go down the pub. If I want it to be a good day, I get my flying rod out and go fishing.
“It’s not the ingesting, it is the afterwards. Looking at my cellphone after and seeing 30 messages or missed calls, I do know I’m in hassle. But I’ve been all proper. Last 12 months wasn’t good, was on and off for a few months.
“I went to a meeting the other night so that was all right. Just an AA meeting. I went with a friend and that was okay. They’re all right, harmless.”
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Gascoigne additionally mirrored on his taking part in profession and the intense knee harm he suffered taking part in for Tottenham in opposition to Nottingham Forest within the 1991 FA Cup remaining.
He advised the podcast: “People know Paul Gascoigne but Gazza, no one knows, even me sometimes.
“I’ve spent a whole lot of years being down, after I did my ligaments after which my kneecap, I missed 4 years of soccer. I’d’ve bought 100 caps [for England].
“I try not to get down because the world’s already down enough and when I’m really down, that’s when I pick up a drink to cheer myself up.
“I do not assume I let any managers down, or the gamers or the followers, you understand. If there was anybody I let down, it was myself. But extra the ingesting facet of it, after I completed taking part in.”
Gascoigne added: “I known as Katie [Davies] up in November just a few years in the past crying my eyes out. What I put myself by way of and different individuals – jail and rehab, taking cocaine off rest room seats – after which I’m requested to be ambassador for my nation, I did not know whether or not to chortle or cry.”
Source: information.sky.com”