Former Liverpool 星／主役にする Danny Murphy opens up on his 中毒 to コカイン for the first time, 明らかにする／漏らすing 'I thought I couldn't do things without it' after he やめる football, before マスコミ work helped him find 目的

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Danny Murphy has 明らかにする／漏らすd he 苦しむd with a コカイン 中毒 after retiring from football.

Murphy, 47, enjoyed an impressive?career, playing for the likes of Liverpool, Charlton, Tottenham and Fulham in the 首相 League, while he also won nine caps for England.

After retiring に引き続いて a （一定の）期間 with Blackburn Rovers in the 選手権 in 2013, the former midfielder has since moved into punditry, 定期的に impressing on Match of the Day and he is also a Mail Sport columnist.

However, Murphy has heartbreakingly opened up on his struggles during the 早期に 行う／開催する／段階s of 退職.

'I 最初 dabbled in 確かな things to get the 半端物 buzz and high,'?he told the Ben ヒース／荒れ地 Podcast. 'I think it was an accumulation of things so I needed some escapism from reality. And reality was 直面するing up to problems.?

Danny Murphy has 明らかにする／漏らすd he 苦しむd with a コカイン 中毒 after retiring from the game

Murphy, 47, enjoyed an impressive?首相 League career, playing for the likes of Liverpool

The former midfielder opened up on his 地位，任命する-career struggles on the Ben ヒース／荒れ地 podcast

'This 財政上の problem, 税金 法案, 関係. How?do I を取り引きする problems when I don't play football? When you play football, the adrenaline and dopamine keep you 今後 thinking and energetic, irrelevant of the other 問題／発行するs. These 問題／発行するs become 抱擁する without football.

'I had a （一定の）期間 on コカイン and smoking some 少しのd. The drink, I could live without it. I wasn't an アル中患者. I could sit in a house with alcohol and not drink it.?

'For a while I was (（麻薬）常用者d to コカイン), yeah. I got to the point where I thought I couldn't do things without it. Which was nonsense, of course I could.?

'You manage it 最初, you do it once a week, twice a week, do it an extra third day and 結局 it builds up and?得る，とらえるs 持つ／拘留する of you.'

After the 勇敢に立ち向かう 自白, Murphy went の上に explain how going to individual and group therapy, coupled with finding a 目的 in punditry, helped him to 打ち勝つ his problems.

He 追加するd: 'You get some help and start understanding behaviours and patterns. When I got help, I put myself around people who have been through it. I did a bit of therapy and group work.?

'Therapy was good. You've got to be in, you've got to be 用意が出来ている to go 深い and not everyone is because you've got to be in for an emotional rollercoaster in therapy.

'Not everyone is, 特に if you've had a traumatic life. And it's (the whole 過程) made me a better person.'

Murphy 追加するd how speaking to those who had experienced something 類似の helped him to 'lose that shame and 犯罪' associated with his problems.

一方／合間, he also 反映するd on the 井戸／弁護士席-publicised general struggles of players に引き続いて 退職, but 主張するd there is always a way out.

'I probably ha d a year of 存在 in a world of 苦痛,' Murphy continued. 'The 旅行 is never smooth but I definitely think that year to 18 months from 2017, going through that has made me a much better dad.?

'I'm a better son, brother and I think I'll be a better partner. I'm more considerate to those who have been struggling in life and I've got a 願望（する） to be better.

Murphy made 249 外見s for Liverpool over seven years after joining from 乗組員 in 1997 before going の上に play for the likes of Charlton, Tottenham, Fulham and Blackburn Rovers?

The former midfielder also won nine England caps across his impressive time in the game

Murphy explained how therapy, coupled with punditry, helped him to 打ち勝つ his problems

'When I started マスコミ I felt a sense of 目的 because I 手配中の，お尋ね者 to be good at it but it wasn't the same highs. Two or three years later it just 攻撃する，衝突する me, with all the stuff going on 同様に.?

'It's really ありふれた for ex-players to have 問題／発行するs like this. I was amazed?how many reached out to me. I've lost the 恐れる of talking about it and people 裁判官ing me now.?

'I've seen it first 手渡す, guys who have really been in a bad place come through and 栄える aga in. That takes something.?

'People have a lot of opinions on stuff this like this who 港／避難所't been there, but いつかs you do need a bit of help and it's alright to reach out if you do.'