Lamar Odom opens up about how his drug addiction started

Lamar Odom I loved drugs Youre talking to a real addict Summertime I did drugs I aint gonna front I had some great cocaine summers

Lamar Odom says Kobe Bryant came to him in a dream He looked back at me and said 'Hello the afterlife is not what people make it up to be'

Jaden Ivey say he recently almost committed suicide by overdosing on oxycodone on multiple occasions

Jaden Ivey on IG The NBA was everything to me I didnt know god When I came to the NBA I was a fornicator I was a prn addict and I use to get drunk Thats all I knew After all those points I felt good I felt like everything was set out for me

Jaden Ivey speaks about his past as a victim of sexual abuse and his struggles with alcohol lust and anger that followed as he tried to fit in with societystruggles he says contributed to him being abusive toward his wife I think as a child I just never felt love before

In a 2025 podcast appearance Jaden Ivey admits to being a victim of sexual abuse and the personal struggles that followed He shared that he battled addictions to alcohol lust and pornography and anger issueschallenges that ultimately escalated into him being abusive toward his wife