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Brett Favre makes shocking admission about painkiller addiction

Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said he contemplated suicide when giving up painkillers.

“I was as low as I possibly could be,” the former Green Bay Packers star said on an episode of his podcast, “Bolling with Favre,” with co-host Eric Bolling and guest Dr. Phil on Tuesday. “I said it’s one of two things — I die, or I flush these pills down the toilet. I sat by the toilet for two hours. Eventually, I dumped the pills in the toilet, flushed them and I almost wanted to kill myself because of doing that.