Review Alysia Magen’s Instagram pageyou’d think the model and content creator lived the perfect, idyllic life.
But behind closed doors, he “barely worked” for years and struggled with alcoholism.
Magen, a A veteran of the US Air Force, shares amazing photos with her 1.5 million followers. Contrary to the facade he carefully constructed, the creator drank “10 bottles of wine a day” and committed suicide because of it.
“I didn’t know I was an alcoholic, I thought it was just dealing with anxiety,” the 33-year-old told Jam Press, admitting he drank “from morning to night.” , emotionally and financially abused by ex-partners.
“I woke up this morning shaking,” Magen continued. “At the time I thought it was a panic attack and I would start drinking shots (spirits) as soon as I woke up.”
According to Magen, he started drinking while in the military and his alcoholism worsened after he was demoted for his post. a sensual image of himself On Instagram, next to him in military uniform.
According to Jam Press, the model, now six months sober, said she was ostracized by her peers as a result and spent the last six months in “painful isolation” before being discharged from the armed forces in 2017.
Magen then devoted himself full-time to social media and fell into the party scene, which involved lots of parties and copious amounts of alcohol.
However, things hit rock bottom when he started taking cocaine and opioids and eventually overdosed and was hospitalized. However, this was still not the turning point the model needed, admitting that she had “lost interest in life”.
“The doctors said if I had been 10 seconds later, I would have died,” he recalled. “I was seconds away from death, but I didn’t care.
“Dealing with that much pain and trauma makes you want to reach higher levels for pain relief,” he continued. “I wanted to get help, but when you have negative people in your life, they’re always trying to pull you down.”
In March 2020, Magen said she decided something had to be done and spent $10,000 in a rehab facility to help her recover, work on her sobriety and leave her partner.
However, this celebrity met Blac Chyna – she asked Magen to fight her. famous boxing match in June – which put him on the road to recovery. He credited his training for continuing “on the road to recovery.”
“I was born again in six months,” he said, admitting that he did not need help before.
“I was in the military, and I was like, ‘Nothing affects me,'” he admitted. “But it happened, and I needed support, and I finally did.”
Now that he’s embraced recovery, Magen is urging others to get help when they need it.
“I didn’t go through all that to keep the story inside me,” he said. “So get the support and help you need because no one deserves to be abused by people who are supposed to love them.
“It changes the way you think about people. You have to take responsibility, and that’s what I did,” he added. “I said, ‘I can’t do it by myself, but I can do it with help.'”
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