Ex-boxer Oscar De La Hoya admits drug addiction, cheating, suicidal thoughts

Ex-boxer Oscar De La Hoya admits drug addiction, cheating, suicidal thoughts
Former boxing champion Oscar De La Hoya said thought about suicide and has been going to rehab because he has become dependent on drugs and alcohol in an interview with Spanish-language network Univision.

“Rock bottom was recently,” De La Hoya said, according to an English-language transcript provided by the network. “Within couple of years, just thinking if my life was even worth it. I don’t have the strength, I don’t have the courage to take my own life but I was thinking about it. ”

De La Hoya says he has been sober for three months after undergoing treatment and joining Alcoholics Anonymous.

He said he was unfaithful to his wife and that they were separated for a while.

“We are obviously not talking a Tiger Woods here, but I was unfaithful,” De La Hoya said.



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