Peter Barroso had a past marked by drug addiction, namely cocaine, and in an interview included in the “Labirinto – Conversas sobre Saúde Mental” series, initiated by FLAD (Luzo American Development Fund) and Observerspoke about this stage of his life, which was already public.
“I would finish the record, go to consume, start to consume. I grabbed a car, did Lisbon-Porto, Porto-Lisbon (…) As if it were a medicine that helped me endure what was my emptiness”said the 36-year-old actor who played Jose Castro in the SIC telenovela Golpe de Sorte.
“Using cocaine made me feel lighter about what turned out to be my disorders, my doubts, my insecurities, and that turned out to be a comfort.”he added.
One day when he was in the studio recording a soap opera, Pedro accepted the offer of help to get rid of it. addition🇧🇷 This was the first step in the recovery process. The actor spent five months in a drug treatment center. “When I get to the courtyard where my treatment colleagues were, there is a feeling of “where did I come from?”he recalled. “It’s embarrassing, you feel humiliated by yourself, you feel incapable, you feel like the people you hurt deserve better”confessed.
However, Peter stated that “it’s important to talk about relapses”🇧🇷 Reason: “People think that you are being treated, and there are no relapses. I relapse after nine months of treatment“– he said, meaning that he revived “powder keg”. “I will never talk about addition in the past tense. It can happen to me and I have to be on my guard at all times.”highlighted.
Remember that Pedro Barroso has a relationship with Mariana Marquez🇧🇷 Couple is father Santiagowho was born April 22.
