Former Pakistan bowler and World Cup 勝利者 Wasim Akram opens up on his コカイン 'dependence' after retiring from cricket 19 years ago... as he 収容する／認めるs he 'couldn't sleep or eat'

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Wasim Akram has opened up on a コカイン 中毒 that left him unable to sleep or eat.

Akram, 56, retired 19 years ago as a World Cup 勝利者 with Pakistan and as one of the greatest 急速な／放蕩な bowlers of all time.

But he soon turned to 麻薬s as ‘a 代用品，人 for the adrenaline 急ぐ of 競争, which I sorely 行方不明になるd, or to take advantage of the 適切な時期, which I’d never had.’

Former Pakistan bowler Wasim Akram (pictured) has opened up on his コカイン 中毒

Akram retired 19 years ago as a World Cup 勝利者 with Pakistan and one of the best bowlers

In an interview with the Times he 認める he was worried that the 発覚s in his 近づいている autobiography ‘暴君: A Memoir’ would disappoint fans. ‘I liked to party,’ he says in his 調書をとる／予約する. ‘Worst of all, I developed a dependence on コカイン.

‘It started innocuously enough when I was 申し込む／申し出d a line at a party in England; my use grew 刻々と more serious.

‘One line would become two, two would become four; four would become a gram, a gram would become two. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t eat.

‘Like a lot of （麻薬）常用者s, part of me welcomed 発見: the secrecy had been exhausting.’