Tarek El Moussa recalled his struggles with alcohol in an emotional new Instagram post.Photo:Tarek El Moussa/Instagram; Frazer Harrison/WireImage
Tarek El Moussa/Instagram; Frazer Harrison/WireImage
Tarek El Moussais opening up about his past struggles with alcoholism.
Beginning with an anecdote, El Moussa wrote, “I will never forget this day… or this kid. I was 20 years old fishing for King salmon in Alaska. Unfortunately, all I remember was the terrible hangover I had. I had drank over 30 shots of vodka and whatever else I could get my hands on.”
“I can still feel the throbbing in my head and the pulsing vein on my temple,” theFlipping El Moussasstar continued. “But…I was pretty used to it since I was drinking my life away anyways.”
When he was 19, El Moussa said that his “life went downhill” overnight.
“I gained 50 pounds, lost my confidence, lost my hope, and became a raging alcoholic. All my drive was gone,” he wrote, adding that it is “crazy to think today I sometimes wake up at 3am to start work, when at 20, I would wake up at 3pm to start my day.”
“We all deserve a second chance,” the real estate investor said, adding that if any of his story “sounds like you, it may be time to Flip Your Life too” — a reference to his upcoming book,FLIP YOUR LIFE: How to Find Opportunity in Distress—in Real Estate, Business, and Life.
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On a 2018 episode of theDr. Drewpodcast, El Moussadetailed his struggle with steroidsafter his thyroid cancer and testicular cancer procedures in 2013.
“It was just my hormones were off. I was tired and I thought it was from the thyroid medication but it wasn’t,” El Moussa said at the time.
Tarek El Moussa in 2022.Jeff Kravitz/Getty
Jeff Kravitz/Getty
“Here’s the worst thing I ever did, which is a hundred times worse than cancer,” he continued. “I thought it was from my testicular cancer so I went to this botox doctor and hormone clinic that my ex said to go check out. Next thing I know I’m shoving a needle on my a–- and taking steroids, it was testosterone. It was awful.”
Added El Moussa: “I was on way too much testosterone, on top of that taking human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) injections every day because I was told to.”
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
source: people.com
