Brett Favre said his addiction to prescription painkillers nearly cost him his life at the peak of his career with the Green Bay Packers.
The Hall of Fame quarterback explained to Dr. Phil McGraw on Bolling With Favre that he suffered two seizures in 1995 due to complications of his painkiller use, via TMZ Sports.
Favre said he began taking painkillers in 1994 after suffering an injury, but he increased his intake to the point where he was taking a month's worth of pills in two days.
Favre won three straight MVP awards from 1995-97 and helped the Packers win the Super Bowl after the 1996 season, but he said he was "as low as I could possibly be" at that time and couldn't sleep.