Andre Agassi Crystal Meth Use Admission in “Open” Memoir (Video)
Seems everyone has their tales of woe to tell lately to sell books… the latest is that tennis legend Andre Agassi used crystal meth in 1997. Buy his book and find out more!
Andre Agassi, an eight-time Grand Slam champion, admits that he used crystal meth while he was married to Brooke Shields and for a time when his career was in the dumper in 1997.
As you may or may not know, Andre Agassi beat the career slump for an impressive comeback – winning five Grand Slams before heading into retirement.
But back to that crystal meth use and his new book, “Open,” hitting stores on November 9.
A few excerpts from Andre Agassi’s memoir that touch on his crystal meth use with an assistant he calls “Slim”:
“Slim is stressed too … He says, You want to get high with me? On what? Gack. What the hell’s gack? Crystal meth. Why do they call it gack? Because that’s the sound you make when you’re high … Make you feel like Superman, dude.
As if they’re coming out of someone else’s mouth, I hear these words: You know what? F*** it. Yeah. Let’s get high.
Slim dumps a small pile of powder on the coffee table. He cuts it, snorts it. He cuts it again. I snort some. I ease back on the couch and consider the Rubicon I’ve just crossed.
There is a moment of regret, followed by vast sadness. Then comes a tidal wave of euphoria that sweeps away every negative thought in my head. I’ve never felt so alive, so hopeful – and I’ve never felt such energy.
I’m seized by a desperate desire to clean. I go tearing around my house, cleaning it from top to bottom. I dust the furniture. I scour the tub. I make the beds.”
Agassi also recounts how he felt when he discovers he’s tested positive for meth:
“My name, my career, everything is now on the line. Whatever I’ve achieved, whatever I’ve worked for, might soon mean nothing. Days later I sit in a hard-backed chair, a legal pad in my lap, and write a letter to the ATP. It’s filled with lies interwoven with bits of truth.
I say Slim, whom I’ve since fired, is a known drug user, and that he often spikes his sodas with meth – which is true. Then I come to the central lie of the letter. I say that recently I drank accidentally from one of Slim’s spiked sodas, unwittingly ingesting his drugs. I ask for understanding and leniency and hastily sign it: sincerely.
I feel ashamed, of course. I promise myself that this lie is the end of it.”
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