«Hor that the good luck going into a coma». As Giorgio Montaninithe 46-year-old comedian and actor explains how he managed to win his battle against cocaine. And he says yes burned “half a million euros” in narcotics. But precisely those 45 days in the hospital, he claims, saved him: «I fell and this gave me a chance to detox».
Giorgio Montanini: “The coma was my salvation”
Giorgio Montanini told his story and his relationship with drugs during the podcast coloring from two days ago. Speaking to the authors Daniele Tinti and Stefano Rapone, the actor said that thehis dependency “arising from mitigating but unjustified circumstances”. Because, he said, “I lost my father, my mother, my brother and my best friend to suicide in 4 years.” And despite the fact that «always believed in the importance of mental and emotional strength“, overcome that moment “I needed narcotics”.
I spent 400 euros a day on 5 grams of crack
The drug, he explained, helped him «alleviate his suffering. I was doing cocaine and I was fine even though everyone in my house was dead. My family was wonderful and I filled a void.” But this refuge in addiction cost him a lot, physically and financially: «I ended up with 400 euros a day on five grams of crack, so I wasted half a million euros».
Drugs destroy you emotionally
Giorgio Montanini said “the day before I couldn’t get out of bed, the next day I bought my dose and drove 400 kilometers to give myself my one and a half hour show”. with drugs explained the comedian, “emotionally destroys you”, but despite this « at work you can also do. As a drug addict I managed 8 films like The predators ed Aeneas by Pietro Castellito”.
But in private things change. Giorgio Montanini explained that the drug “is very sneaky and powerful, the worst thing it does to you is an assumption.” And he makes those he hires think «that I could manage it as I wanted but I couldn’t. He argues with you and everyone for no real reason. You feel at war with the world and begin a series of paranoia. I didn’t talk to anyone anymore.”
The coma saved his life
And then, in the long run, «a drug like cocaine stimulates this kind of demon and replaces your personality. For a long time you give your best, then you can no longer understand how much he has taken. I was addicted.” And precisely for this reason, Giorgio Montanini argues that the fact ended up in a coma saving his life. « Everyone considers it a tragedy, I was lucky. At some point I fell apart and this gave me the opportunity to detox, clean myself, be reborn and get back to living as it used to be.”
Montanini said that he went “in miserable conditions, I weighed 160 kilograms. I came out with perfect analysis and no withdrawal symptoms. Out of 100 patients, 99 people do not wake up. They thought I was dead. My partner avoided giving me last rites because I wasn’t a Christian.”
E when he left the hospital, the comedian concludes, «I think there was awareness. I was clear, I no longer had the desire. I had done so many drugs that I didn’t need to taste that feeling again.”
