Australian tennis player Nick Kirios said that in 2019 he turned to a mental hospital in London due to problems with drug and alcohol use.
“The expectations, the pressure of having everyone staring at you, I couldn’t take it. I hated myself. I drank, I abused drugs, I ruined relationships with my family, I alienated all my close friends. It was obvious that I was in pain. I thought about whether to kill myself?
I woke up after losing at Wimbledon and my dad was sitting next to me on the bed crying. This was a wake-up call for me. I thought, “Okay, I can’t go on like this.” I turned to a psychiatric clinic in London to sort things out, Kirios reportedly said. The telegraph .
Kirios is ranked 25th in the world rankings. Because of the 28-year-old Australian’s seven wins in ATP singles tournaments.
Source : MatchTV
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