Precancerous Esophagus Diagnosis Prompted Travis Barker to Quit Smoking Weed.
Travis Barker dumped marijuana due of a health issue. The drummer for Blink-182 claimed that after getting a concerning diagnosis, he gave up consuming marijuana.
"I only quit because I got diagnosed with precancer of the esophagus," on November 11, Barker discussed it on the Big Bro with Kid Cudi podcast. "I loved blunts and I would smoke too much."
The 50-year-old claimed he "would have never stopped" until his doctor informed him that it was a "serious" case. He and wife Kourtney Kardashian have a 3-year-old son named Rocky Barker, as well as children Alabama Barker, 20, Landon Barker, 23, and stepdaughter Atiana de la Hoya, 27.
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"He’s like, ‘This is your warning shot. Don’t f--k around. You’ve got to stop smoking,’” Barker described how, at the time, he was smoking ten to fifteen blunts every day. "I thought I could be like Willie Nelson and smoke to the day I die."
Nevertheless, the "Dumpweed" singer considers smoking up "all the time."
"I miss it," he acknowledged. "I'm not gonna lie."
But since then, Barker has turned that desire into a more healthful habit: running.
"I've found even however many years later now, 20 years later, couple miles a day keeps the demons away," he added. "My running started getting bigger and more important to me than smoking."
The singer of "All the Small Things" stated that running, which he started after a near-fatal plane crash in 2008, was crucial in helping him kick his opiate and prescription medication addiction.
"It really helped me stay sober 'cause you can't if you're doing drugs," Barker clarified. "It's going to be the hardest 13.1 miles of your life."
He went on to say, "It's good, man. It's like therapy."
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