Former Pakistan captain and bowling legend, Wasim Akram opened up on his cocaine dependancy in his autobiography — Sultan A Memoir. The previous left-arm seamer has been selling his e-book, and in a recent interview with the Grade Cricketers’ Podcast, Akram has revealed that he was saved in a rehab in Pakistan for two-and-a-half months in opposition to his will. He additionally mentioned that retaining somebody in opposition to their will is “unlawful on the earth, however not in Pakistan”.
Speaking about how he ultimately grew to become hooked on cocaine, Akram mentioned: “In England, any individual at a celebration mentioned ‘you wanna attempt it?’ I used to be retired, I mentioned ‘yeah’. Then one line grew to become a gram. I got here again to Pakistan. No person knew what it was nevertheless it was obtainable. I realised, I could not perform with out it, which implies I could not socialise with out it. It obtained worse and worse. My youngsters have been younger. I used to be hurting my late spouse loads. We’d have arguments. She mentioned I need assistance.”
“She mentioned there is a rehab, you’ll be able to go there. I mentioned alright I’ll go there for a month however they saved me there for 2 and a half months in opposition to my will. Apparently, that’s unlawful on the earth however not in Pakistan. That did not assist me. After I got here out, a insurrection got here into me. It is my cash, I stayed in that horrible place in opposition to my will,” he acknowledged additional.
Additional speaking about his rehab expertise, Akram mentioned: “In western films, even in Australia you see rehabs have beautiful large lawns, folks give lectures, you go to health club. However I went to a spot (in Pakistan) with a hall and eight rooms, that is it. It was very very robust. It was a horrible time.”
“Then a tragedy occurred, my spouse handed away. I knew I used to be on the unsuitable path, I wished to get out of it. I had two younger boys. In Western tradition, a dad is concerned fifty-fifty (with the mom). You get up within the morning, drop your youngster to the college, choose them up, and alter garments. In our tradition, as a dad, we by no means try this. It is the spouse’s flip. Our job is to exit and lift funds. I used to be misplaced for 2 years. I by no means knew the place I had to purchase garments for them.
“I did not know what they ate, I needed to go to each class, and attend parent-teacher conferences. I needed to be pleasant with their pals’ mother and father. However I need to say, each mother or father round my youngsters helped loads,” he acknowledged additional.
Akram represented Pakistan in 104 Assessments, selecting up 414 wickets, which stays the best for a Pakistani bowler. He additionally picked 502 wickets in 356 ODIs.
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