Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) is taking a look back at his addiction and old habits. Things got so low to a point where RFK Jr snorted cocaine off toilet seats.
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It's not the most sanitary or proudest admission. But Kennedy wanted to share how bad addiction can be and how he has overcome his in the years since. Speaking on Theo Von's podcast "This Past Weekend," RFK Jr. talked about recovery.
"I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats," Kennedy said. "Like, if I don't, if I don't treat it, which means for me going to meetings every day. It's just bad for my life."
Previously, Kennedy discussed the way he says sober everyday.
"I know that the only way I stay sober is through taking responsibility for my daily actions," Kennedy said at the time. "I accept the things I can't control. And try to practice gratitude for them. I can have control over my behavior, my daily conduct, but not the world around me."
RFK Jr Talks Addiction
The politician also discussed how he turned to drugs in the first place. His first experience came after his father's assassination.
"They said, 'Try this,' and it was a line of crystal meth," he said. "I took it, and all my problems went away. My addiction came on full force. By the end of the summer, I was shooting heroin, which was my drug of choice the next 14 years."
In 1983, RFK Jr. decided to seek treatment for his addiction. That year he was arrested and essentially hit rock bottom in many ways.
"I knew I needed a spiritual awakening," he continued. "I did not want to be that person."
He says that he chose to turn to faith instead.
"I make the bed every day, which is insane," he said. "I do it because what I'm trying to do is build character. The wealth you build is illusory. Long-term sobriety requires staying in a posture of surrender. Surrender even when things are going well in our lives."
