Jake Roberts comments on his sobriety and highlights how much Diamond Dallas Page has helped him.
WWE Hall of Famer Jake “The Snake” Roberts has been open about his past struggles with addiction, and he has discussed his journey to sobriety.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Jake Roberts commented on his sobriety.
“For me, the smell of alcohol turns my stomach,” Roberts said. “I can walk through an airport blindfolded, and I could tell you where the bars are at, because I can tell that smell and it upsets my stomach now. I’m glad, that’s the last damn thing I made is to go down that road again, and I have no fear at all. Maybe that’s not healthy not having a fear of it, but I just feel so strongly that’s something I’ll never do again.”
Roberts also emphasized how Diamond Dallas Page helped him on his journey.
“No doubt in my mind, I’d [have] been dead several years ago,” he said. “Several years ago. That’s just where I was going, man, and I was going fast too. No sense of trying to walk into it, Jake, just run down the hill and jump in that.”
Thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for sharing these quotes.
Jake Roberts On Strange Place He Has Wrestled
Speaking with Steve Fall of Wrestling News.co, Jake Roberts named one of the strangest places he had wrestled in, and he recalled performing on top of a department store in Tokyo.
“On top of a department store in Tokyo… We were about 25 floors up” Roberts said. “So, it was pretty odd. To make it even crazier, there were only like 12 people there, for a whole wrestling show. And then at the end of it, I found out that the owner of the building had requested a show for himself and family. And he paid for it. So they did it. I damn sure did.”
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