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T.I. Says He Got Hooked on Pain Pills After Surgery

In a new interview with VIBE Magazine, T.I. says he got hooked on pain pills following dental surgery a year or so ago. The rapper says he was prescribed Oxycontin and hydrocodone: “After the pain went away, I kept taking it. I had like five, six prescriptions. So, I had, like 80 pills. Everybody else might drink or smoke a blunt; I took a pain pill.”

Prior to going back to jail, the Atlanta rapper attended one-on-one and group therapy sessions to help kick his addiction to pills and codeine, which he was drinking to get high.

The rapper says he was sober before entering prison and had been attending both one-on-one and group therapy sessions to kick his habit. He also admits to drinking codeine.

But, T.I. says he realizes now the risks that come with addiction: “If you rationalize putting yourself in harm’s way, risking your well-being, your health, your freedom, your family’s well-being and livelihood in order to be high, that’s the rationale of an addict,” he said.

He also talked a bit about his wife, Tiny’s, drug use:

“She went with me to some meetings and counseling. She ain’t got no problems,” he said. “Her thing is she smokes. Smoking weed is different than taking pain pills. You can smoke weed today and not smoke another blunt for another three months.”

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