Here is what Ronnie stated about his struggles with addiction and weight when he was a younger athlete.

I was feeling a little rough at the beginning of the week,” he said.

“I got a smoothie maker and an Air Fryer for myself. I began to feel more like myself and I began to eat a little better.

“I dislike consuming junk food. It makes me feel a little awkward. As the week went on, I began to feel better.

Ronnie, often known as the Rocket, has always connected fluctuations in his diet and workout routine to his snooker table performance.

Ronnie O’Sullivan calls his struggle with depression and alcohol and drug misuse the “worst time of my life” and claims that his incapacity to handle stress caused him to spiral into a dark place psychologically.

Most people agree that O’Sullivan is one of the greatest snooker players of all time. He demonstrated his exceptional potential at a young age, and in 1995, at the age of 19, he became the youngest player to win a Masters.

As the only player to win 21 Triple Crown victories, he went on to leave a long history in the sport. In addition to holding the record seven Masters and seven UK Championships, he shares the record of seven World Snooker Championship crowns with Stephen Hendry.

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In an interview with Sky Bet for the Stick to Football podcast, the current world No. 1 discussed his issues with mental health during his career and his struggles off the table. He did this in light of the release of his new documentary, “The Edge Of Everything,” on Amazon Prime.

He said that his obsessive fixation with being at the top of the sport was the cause of his mental health issues, which led to a six-year drug and alcohol misuse spiral.

“I am unable to handle the pressure I place on myself. He remarked, “I become such a moody person, I become someone I don’t really like, then I get in such a bad place, I get so down on myself.”

Football superstars Roy Keane and Jamie Carragher shared similar views, discussing how mistakes are hard to learn from and how expectations from their prestigious clubs caused them to lose their passion in the game.

Getting the balance right between maintaining a healthy obsession which pushes you to success, and overdoing it, was seen as key, and O’Sullivan struggled to find himself outside of snooker. The sport consumed him, leading to his addiction battles.

“Those six or seven years I was unhappy, I couldn’t go out my house, unless I had a chemical substance,” he said.

On reflection O’Sullivan found his addictions towards perfection were not all bad, but needed to be managed so they did not become destructive. He has been working towards ensuring he can play snooker and be happy simultaneously.

Since I am aware that it can spiral out of control, I now maintain a diary. I’m giving myself permission to spend 120 days away from home and 10 hours a week practicing. I thus take small steps like that. For example, when I practice at a tournament, I turn on my phone for fifty minutes, and as soon as the alarm goes off, I just walk away.”

“What the temptation is, is that you’ll miss a ball, and you go ‘oh I better pot another two or three of them’ and you start to drive yourself nuts because it becomes very obsessive.”

“So, before I even have a plan, I just set small (limits) and that’s plenty. As soon as I.

I mean, there were times when I would play and have blisters on my fingers because I was playing for hours on end because I felt like I had to get it perfect for a competition. When I went to play in a tournament, I couldn’t put my hands on the table because my fingers would be so painful. It’s just about finding the ideal level; I was burnt out when I came to the event because I had overpracticed.”

Working with sports psychologist Steve Peters, O’Sullivan said he altered his routines and outlook to make sure he over-trained and had greater confidence in himself.