Category: Steve-o

  • Steve-O Shares Video Of Every Drug He's Ever Done To Celebrate Sober Milestone

    Steve-O Shares Video Of Every Drug He's Ever Done To Celebrate Sober Milestone

    The jarring, NSFW footage offers a no-holds-barred look into the Jackass star’s past drug use. 

    Jackass star Steve-O offered up a catalog of cautionary tales in which he not only detailed every drug he’d ever used, but also shocking and decidedly NSFW footage of his behavior while using those substances.

    A Decade Of Sobriety

    Steve-O (born Stephen Gilchrist Glover), who celebrated a decade of sobriety in 2018, was unsparing in not only detailing but also showcasing how his dependency had impacted his life, which he described as “seriously messed up.”

    Fans reacted with an outpouring of praise for his efforts to remain honest about his path to sobriety.

    “This is probably the most embarrassing video I will ever put out,” Steve-O said as an introduction to the video, which opens with footage of what he described as his last bender in 2008, where he used ketamine shortly after being released from jail on felony drug charges. From there, Steve-O ticked off a staggering list of narcotic and illicit substances, providing recollections and jarring video footage for each.

    His Drug List

    The drug list opened with marijuana, which Steve-O said he brought across international borders—even to countries like Singapore, which imposes the death penalty for drug smuggling—in condoms he swallowed and then passed through his bowels.

    From there, viewers witnessed Steve-O kissing and licking his Jackass co-stars while under the influence of ecstasy, kissing co-star Chris Pontius on the head of his penis while drunk, and recalling to the media about being taken, unresponsive, from his apartment by first responders after ingesting five bars of Xanax.

    “If you gave me a pill, and I didn’t know what it was, I didn’t care,” said Steve-O, shortly before launching into some of the most shocking footage on the video. This included self-shot scenes in a hotel room where, after using PCP, cocaine and marijuana, he became obsessed with sending an email to rapper 50 Cent (despite lacking any means of contacting him); blowing cocaine residue congealed in nasal mucus onto a beer can and then smoking the residue; convulsing after using nitrous oxide, and recalling his experiences with ingesting household products (video head cleaner and aluminum cleaner). 

    After years of what can only be described as self-abuse, Steve-O was committed to a psychiatric ward by Johnny Knoxville and his Jackass co-stars in 2008. In 2018, he celebrated a decade of sobriety. Steve-O has remained active posting videos on his YouTube channel and touring, and has discussed the possibility of a fourth Jackass film.

    Response to the video was overwhelmingly positive, with one follower writing, “Thank you for your honesty and putting this out there. We shouldn’t be ashamed of our past, we should learn from it and celebrate how far we’ve come.”

    View the original article at thefix.com

  • Steve-O Describes Rescue Dogs' Role In His Long-Term Recovery

    Steve-O Describes Rescue Dogs' Role In His Long-Term Recovery

    “Caring about something other than me is fundamentally helpful for recovery,” Steve-O said in a recent interview.

    In a recent interview, Jackass alum Steve-O said that having his rescue dogs had a positive impact on his long-term recovery, by giving him something to care for other than himself.

    While playing a round of Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? with Loudwire, Steve-O (born Stephen Gilchrist Glover) addressed whether statements found on his Wikipedia page were truth or fiction.

    When asked if he “credited his two rescue dogs, Walter and Bernie, with helping him to maintain sobriety,” as it is stated on his page, Steve-O replied, “I credit them with contributing to it, sure. It’s said that alcoholism and addiction in general is driven mostly by selfishness and self-centeredness. It’s a disease that’s centered in the mind. And selfishness and self-centeredness is at the root of all of our problems.”

    He added, “So to have rescued my first dog, it was a meaningful exercise in dedicating myself to a priority which wasn’t me. So caring about something other than me is fundamentally helpful for recovery.”

    Hitting Rock Bottom

    Steve-O committed to recovery in 2008 following a dramatic hospitalization that became the starting point of his journey.

    “When I got to the hospital, I was spitting on people, I was just generally so unlovely,” he told Loudwire in a separate conversation. “They had me for two weeks… It was time. My life was a disaster. I decided about seven days in that I not only wanted to go into treatment, but that I didn’t want to waste my time in treatment.”

    He expanded on this moment in a 2011 interview with The Fix: “Basically, I took an honest look at myself and at my actions, and was horrified and felt like I couldn’t forgive or live with myself. The answer was to stop doing the shit that made me feel bad and create a new history.”

    Since then, Steve-O has been consistent in his recovery. Last year he celebrated a decade sober, and thanked his Jackass family including Johnny Knoxville for pushing him to get help.

    “Hard to believe it’s been an entire decade since I’ve had a drink of booze or any drug stronger than Advil,” he said on social media. “I just can’t put into words how grateful I am for @johnnyknoxville and the rest of the guys who locked me up in a psychiatric ward on March, 9, 2008, where this journey began. Thank you, dudes, I love you.”

    It’s not always easy to stay the course, Steve-O admitted. “Certainly, I’ve had plenty of periods of discomfort,” he told Loudwire. “It’s always pretty scary, but you’ve just gotta stay plugged in and do the deal.”

    These days, Steve-O is active on his YouTube channel and is currently on tour in the U.S. and Canada until late November.

    He and fellow sober Jackass alum Brandon Novak have been vocal about supporting their friend Bam Margera, another member of the Jackass family, who has garnered a reputation for his erratic behavior amid a reported battle with bipolar disorder and substance abuse. As of Thursday morning, Margera was back in a treatment facility after being arrested in Los Angeles early Wednesday.

    “Us sober people love it when you reach out for help,” Steve-O told Loudwire. “Join the pack, find someone who’s already sober and let us show you the way.”

    View the original article at thefix.com