2023-10-15 17:17:41
On February 16, 2020, the former soccer player, Wilder Medina, who stood out as a forward in nine Colombian teams: Rionegro Águilas, Independiente Medellín, Atlético Huila, Envigado, Patriotas, Tolima, Santa Fe, Real Cartagena and Fortaleza, He gave an interview for the program La Red de Noticias Caracol.
By that date, he had said on camera that “I had not relapsed into my past” marked by drugs and alcohol. “I am very calm and I thank God and my family.”
However, three years later and following remembering old interviews, Medina realized that he had lied and really told how he was that day.
“I was up late. Personally, I wasn’t doing very well. I was still on bad paths: late nights, alcohol, drugs, so I saw the interview very recently and I said why not confess that I was really wrong?
For that day, before the pandemic hit, he said that he had been partying for “2 days. I arrived at 7 in the morning. You (La Red) arrived around 10 in the morning. With just brushing your teeth. Totally lost. With sadness. With swollen eyes from not sleeping. Drugged. Alcoholic. And lying to myself regarding not being okay.”
Wilder Medina told how his process to overcome addictions follows
Although Medina acknowledges that “alcohol, marijuana, women and staying up late were always my thing,” two years ago he met his current girlfriend, Yahaira, who has become his support in recognizing, first of all, his addictions. ; and show you that you can lead a healthy life.
“I believe in you, in your abilities and I know that you can leave a good legacy. Good advice for a young man, but you have to start with yourself. And that day I cried with her. I told him, you’re absolutely right.”
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His key to change, he said, is to have stopped being conformist. “It is one of the keys to my change. Every day I want more. I want to see my smile better. “Wilder Medina’s best is yet to come.”
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