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Tarek El Moussais getting candid about his past personal challenges, revealing that at a low point, he slept 12 to 14 hours a day.
Tarek, who currently hostsThe Flipping El Moussason the network with wifeHeather Rae El Moussa, went on to remember what his life looked like then.
“At one point in my life, I used to sleep 12 to 14 hours a day,” he wrote. “I slept so much not only because I was drunk but because I hated being awake. I hated having to deal with the inner voice in my head haunting me telling me what a loser I was. I hated myself and I hated my life. Every day I wallowed away in self pity and misery!”
Tarek claims his upcoming book,FLIP YOUR LIFE: How to Find Opportunity in Distress—in Real Estate, Business, and Life, will explain how he went from being “so unmotivated” to finding success as a house flipper and television personality.
Inanother Instagram postlast week, he revealed he once drank “over 30 shots” of vodka when he was 20.
He said his “life went downhill” overnight when he was 19.
“I gained 50 pounds, lost my confidence, lost my hope, and became a raging alcoholic. All my drive was gone,” he wrote, adding that it is “crazy to think today I sometimes wake up at 3am to start work, when at 20, I would wake up at 3pm to start my day.”
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Tarek, who’s nowa dad of three— he shares 10-month-old son Tristan with Heather, as well as 13-year-old daughter Taylor and 8-year-old son Brayden with Hall — said he wrote the book “thinking about 20 year old Tarek and what could have helped him.”
“We all deserve a second chance,” he wrote.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.
source: people.com
