Legendary pro wrestler Hulk Hogan details 'vicious cycle' of painkiller addiction after string of surgeries

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Legendary pro wrestler Hulk Hogan details 'vicious cycle' of painkiller addiction after string of surgeries
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Terry Gene Bollea, better known by his stage name Hulk Hogan, opened up about the physical toll wrestling took on his body and his addiction to prescription painkillers.

Hulk Hogan became one of the biggest namesThe now 70-year-old Hogan, whose birth name is Terry Gene Bollea, spoke about the physical toll the sports have taken on his body over the decades. He also opened up about his addiction to"I had doctors writing me prescription after prescription, and all of a sudden, it became a vicious cycle," Hogan told"Muscle And Health.

"I needed pain meds at that stage, that’s for sure. But once things started to wind down, they continued giving me the same meds." "I was around people who believed and behaved differently from me and I just said, ‘I’m out,'" he went on, noting he now feels"clear-headed" and is"no longer tempted to drink."

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