TNA Wrestling legend Jeff Hardy has recalled having ‘dreams of getting another DUI’ before his most recent arrest. The former world champion, best known for his time in WWE alongside brother Matt Hardy, has been candid about his struggles with addiction but he wasn’t sure he’d be able to come back from his 2022 arrest during his time with All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
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Speaking exclusively to Metro, he said: ‘I was in a jail cell, and I’d had dreams previously of getting another DUI [where] I woke up in relief that it was only a dream. ‘But I was in that cell, “I can’t shake myself awake. Am I going to be able to come back from this?” And so I knew it was going to be a long road, and take a lot of hard work and patience and love.’.
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The 47-year-old daredevil is grateful for TNA for giving him a platform, with he and his brother Matt currently holding the company’s tag team championships. He said: ‘For it to be all better now and still able to wrestle, it’s just crazy cool that I get up every day and I think about, “What can I do next in professional wrestling?” And I still have the opportunity to shine in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.’.
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Jeff is also motivated by using his own struggles with addiction to help inspire other people, and hours before our interview he started work on his own memoirs from his time in rehab. ‘I can help people through being public and pretty much outgoing about what I’ve been through. I’m like a lot of people out there in the world, just really struggling with addiction, alcoholism,’ he said.
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