Wayne Rooney talks of using alcohol to cope during playing career: ‘It was my release’

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Wayne Rooney talks of using alcohol to cope during playing career: ‘It was my release’
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Wayne Rooney has opened up on how he used alcohol to cope with challenges in the early part of his playing career. The former England captain enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom as a young player after making his professional debut for Everton in the Premier League at just 16.

Wayne Rooney has opened up on how he used alcohol to cope with challenges in the early part of his playing career. The former captain enjoyed a meteoric rise to stardom as a young player after making his professional debut for in the at just 16. Rooney, says he used alcohol as a “release” from the pressure he had to cope with at such a young age. Advertisement “I’ve had many different challenges, both on the pitch and off the pitch, and my release was alcohol,” he told the podcast.

” Rooney, now 38, admits he avoided speaking to people about his difficulties and often found himself in a “low place” as a result. “There are so many people to speak to now over these issues,” he said. “There were people there for me to speak to but I chose not to do that and tried to deal with it myself. “When you do that and don’t take the help and guidance of others, you can really be in a low place and I was for a few years with that.

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