Bam Margera.Photo: Picture Perfect/REX/Shutterstock
Bam Margerahas checked himself out of rehab 10 days after beginning his treatment.
The 39-year-old pro skateboarder and former star ofJackassannounced his decision to leave in Instagram photos of handwritten notes Thursday, saying histime theremade him realize he was only drinking out of “boredom.”
After explaining that he relapsed with alcohol in July 2018 after being held at gunpoint while at a bar in Colombia, he said he decided to stop drinking after seeing several close friends, including his formerJackasscostarSteve-O,get clean.
“I thought they were lifers who would never stop and they did,” he wrote. “So even though I made a conscious [decision] to limit my drinking I still wanted to get help.”
But after checking into rehab, he said he didn’t feel like he belonged in a detox.
“In rehab I am bored 50 percent of the time so that’s when I figured out that when boredom sets in and alcohol is off limits that’s when I get creative as f—, an explosion of good ideas, exercise, skate, workout, yoga, hike, bike way more. Because I don’t sit stagnant,” he wrote.
Margera said as long as he stays busy, he wouldn’t drink.
“I am excited with ideas and energy and creation which makes me have no temptation to drink because I am so busy not being bored,” he said.
He also claimed that his lack of contact with the outside world contributed to his decision to leave treatment.
“I said my Bentley will be here in one hour and I am leaving, don’t bother trying to talk me out of it because my mind if made up and I cannot be stopped,” he said. “So off I got. I left rehab to begin doing all the things I have put aside and all the new things coming.”
Margera said he still plans to stay sober.
He also shared his story with drugs and alcohol, admitting to drinking, using cocaine and trying meth in the past.
Margera first announced his decision to enter rehab on Dec. 31, 2018.
“Off to alcohol rehab for the 3rd time,” hecaptioned a shotof himself holding his 1-year-old sonPhoenix Wolf,whom he shares with his wife, Nicole Boyd. “I am hoping the term 3rd time is a charm is true.”
His third stint came ayear after he checked into rehabfollowing hisarrestfor allegedly driving under the influence. His bail was set at $15,000, and he was released shortly after, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Bam Margera with his son, Phoenix.Bam Margera/Instagram
His mother, April, later toldPage Sixthat her son wasfocusing on the futureand getting professional help after the incident.
Margera’sJackasscostar Ryan Dunn died in 2011 while driving under the influence of alcohol.
source: people.com
