Former Auburn star has open conversation about drugs and how they impacted his life.
The temptation to do cocaine had everything to do with his now-deceased brother, who he described as a junkie. “I ain’t ever had something so strong that I would give up the NBA and all my money,” Barkley said.
Barkley’s brother Darryl died of a heart attack in 2009 at the age of 42, after struggling with substance abuse problems. Darryl was clean at the time of his death, Barkley said, but “there was so much damage to his body. It just gave out.”“It broke my mother’s heart,” he said. “It broke my heart for a long time.”“I almost did cocaine one time because I put my brother in a bunch of rehabs,” Barkley explained. “I talked to one of my boys and said, ‘I want you to get me some cocaine.
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