There are times when misfortune has to happen for someone to completely change the chip. This is what happened to Travis Barker, Kourtney Kardashian’s boyfriend, who lived so closely the loss who decided to take the plunge and leave drugs behind forever.
It all happened in 2008 and although the incident as such was not directly related to substance use, it did get the musician (It’s a drummer for the Blink 182 band) begin to appreciate life and opt for a healthier lifestyle.
That year, Barker was in a plane crash (a private flight for an event) in which all the occupants died except him and Adam Michael Goldstein, better known as DJ AM. The two pilots as well as their safety team and one of the drummer’s closest friends, Chris Baker, his personal assistant, lost their lives, while the consequences for him were not so dire but they were quite long-lasting.
As a result of the accident, which occurred on September 19, the rocker, who had invited his ex-wife, Shanna Moakler, who declined the offer, assuring that he did not feel well leaving his children, suffered second and third degree burns over 60% of his body that forced him to undergo surgery up to 16 times, although luckily he was able to get out of the plane and roll on the ground to put out the flames.
The airplane lost its tires and invaded the runway during takeoff, skidding down the road until it hit one of the ditches on the sides, setting off the fire, which hit Barker, covered in fuel. after escaping through one of the emergency hatches.
Beyond post-traumatic stress (since childhood he had been sure that he would die in a plane crash), Barker managed to stop using drugs, which, according to him, had helped him lead a simpler life because I used them repeatedly to be able to fly, due to his fear of airplanes.
Even though the doctors they came to consider the option of amputating the foot Due to not finding enough skin grafts, Barker was finally able to rebuild his life, saying goodbye for a few months to his vegetarian diet due to the need to increase his protein intake and try to accelerate the healing of the burns.
Unfortunately, on the opposite spectrum, Goldstein found himself, who less than a year after the event died of an overdose. In that time, Barker managed to return to the recording studio and play drums again, something that everyone thanked as he feared that he would not be able to do it again.
“People always ask me if I went to rehab and I always answer the same thing: ‘No, I was in a plane crash.’ That was my rehabilitation. Losing three of your friends and being about to die? Trust me, that was my wake-up call. If he had not been involved in that collision, it is most likely that he would never have left them, “he went on to affirm in an interview with Men’s Health.
However, today Barker is a recognized advocate of the vegan lifestyle and his main motivation is sports. In fact, he clarified that as soon as he left the hospital the first thing he did It was flushing all the painkillers I had at home down the toilet.
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