Travis Barker is opening up about the health scare that pushed him to change his lifestyle.
According to People, in a recent interview on the “Big Bro with Kid Cudi” podcast, the Blink-182 drummer talked about his sobriety and what led him to stop smoking.
“I only quit because I got diagnosed with precancer of the esophagus. I loved blunts and I would smoke too much,” the 50-year-old explained.
Barker recalled asking his doctor if it was “serious,” to which he said, “This is your warning shot. Don’t f*ck around. You’ve got to stop smoking.”
The drummer said that he took his doctor’s warning seriously and that if he hadn’t gotten it, he would’ve “never stopped” smoking.
“I thought I could be like Willie Nelson and smoke to the day I die,” Barker confessed.
He also admitted that he still thinks about smoking “all the time,” E! Online reported.
“I miss it,” Barker said. “I’m not gonna lie.”
To stay healthy and keep his mind off smoking, the drummer revealed he’s become an avid runner. It’s a habit he first turned to after surviving his 2008 plane crash.
“I’ve found even however many years later now, 20 years later, couple miles a day keeps the demons away,” Barker shared. “My running started getting bigger and more important to me than smoking.”
The 50-year-old also opened up about how running helped him overcome his addiction to prescription painkillers and opioids.
“It really helped me stay sober ’cause you can’t run you a half a marathon if you’re doing drugs,” he explained. “It’s going to be the hardest 13.1 miles of your life.”
He added, “It’s good, man. It’s like therapy.”
Barker’s candor about stopping smoking comes after he underwent surgery in October because his “arm, hand and fingers have been numb” following performances.
“I did a nerve test Monday after my show and turns out I needed a cubital tunnel release to fix the nerve,” he wrote in an Instagram Story.
Barker let his followers know that he expected to make a full recovery “in a few weeks ??.”
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