The fact that he’s going strong now is nothing short of a miracle. He’s a cool dude.

I’ve been sober now 7 years!!! It’s always heartwarming to see others take that journey!!!! Addiction doesn’t discriminate! It attacks people whatever their ethnic,social or religious backgrounds they have. Good job to all seeking sobriety!!!

If this story, doesn’t show you that no matter how hard things can get, you can always turn your life around, I don’t know what will. Thank you for telling your story!

@pri0r_t0_a_weekago...fukwi48

2 ай бұрын

Yea this was powerul

I was never a Golddust fan. But I’ve always been a Dustin fan. I love the fact that he’s sober. I love the fact that he’s healthy. Keep on keeping on Dustin!

Not about Dustin Runnels. I always loved him from Goldust in 96 onwards But in Canada, my birthday of November 5 2010, was a Friday. Renee Paquette was just a girl on The Score in Canada talking about Smackdown and on my 27th birthday, she read my question about Edge and Christian possibly becoming a full time tag team, she read my question and answered she thinks it was a one time gig, and I thought it was awesome. Renee acknowledging my question with my personal name, saved me from committing suicide. I never said I would do it. But the fact that she read my question on Canada TV, it gave me hope Thank you Renee for that 12.5 years later you helped me. And I'm still here Thank you

5 years sober myself and this man is an absolute inspiration!

This interview inspired me to read Goldust's book and write to him on Cameo just to say thank you for inspiring a struggling wrestling fan. Did you know he's been through FOURTEEN surgeries including a double knee replacement at the same time? As someone who has had both Achilles tendons repaired at the same time, I'm one of the unlucky few who could understand what that felt like to be unable to stand up at all for 6-8 weeks. I've had 11 surgeries in total. 8 on the foot and ankle. Making improvements to my health slowly. Shoutout to all my brothers and sisters struggling with addiction. Dustin is right. ESPECIALLY when it comes to alcohol and benzos. You CANNOT do that alone and it'll kill you if you try. Opioid withdrawal is less severe but still excruciating for 3-7 days, can be mitigated by 50% with kratom. Dustin was coming off 4 or 5 drugs at a time and even though he doesn't remember it, he was in agony. Thank you Dustin! #KeepSteppin Edit: As of January 22, 2024, off the pain pills as of December 16, 2023. Doctor retired, no more pills, no more refills. It's over. I am coping with chronic pain with kratom and perseverance.

@pri0r_t0_a_weekago...fukwi48

2 ай бұрын

Marijuana is a god send, at least for me! Remember the times sweating throwing up feeling like u wanna croak the next time u wanna get high! Keep up the great work

Great podcast, Renee. Even Dustin’s a cool guy and I don’t blame him for calling Brock Lesnar a piece of s**t after he attacked his half brother, Cody, on Monday Night Raw.

I relate to him talking about how you can't be helped unless you want it

The more and more I hear from Dustin the more I like him. I almost choked up with him when he said he'd had enough because I've been there. I'm 5 months off the drink and the difference is night and day.

Absolute tear jerker. Dustin Rhodes your story is inspiring

I still remember seeing this guy in cowboy boats as a kid and he was a natural. Thank god u saved ur self bro. Ur a man for doing it

I'm so absolutely happy he was able to get the help he needed and has been so well for years. It's fantastic that ex-WWE employees can get rehab, truly a blessing; but it's also not something the average person can get. At age 45 now, I see how many lives (including my own) have been destroyed by alcoholism with absolutely no hope of getting time off to get rehab; or even begin to afford it. Alcohol is absolutely the most evil thing on this earth.

I hate depression. BTW I think almost everyone has addictions

this is what legit tough guys look like he understood I'm in a bad place I have a kid and a wife it's to get clean and take care of them

Goldust Ruling Era From (1995) , (1996) , And (1997) . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I know how he feels about his dad and how much they and Cody had a bond and now he is gone I lost my dad a year and a half Ago 😭😭😭😭 I'm right there with you bro Keep the faith

Dustin is in my top three of all time (alongside Undertaker and Cactus Jack). The fact that he went clean, has had a career resurgence and put in some of his best work about 30 years past his prime shows that he is definitely in the tier of best wrestlers who never got a mainstream world title. He certainly deserved it and if even at the twilight of his career now, someone wanted to give him the world title for one night just to say 'you deserve it', I'd be on board. And I have a feeling that such a fairytale ending for his career would make fans happy too.

I watched the entire Sessions and it made me completely lose it. Renee was so gentle and I know it’s gotta be hard for her because of Jon, but you also see just how strong she is. I never knew how bad it was for Dustin, but I’m so thankful he got the help he needed for his family, for Dakota, for himself.

@herecomesdatrain

2 жыл бұрын

Dakota is a beautiful young lady I swear. I feel bad jerry lawler did that promo on her on raw

Man the vulnerability and just how honest he is about is battle with addiction just gave me goosebumps, as a recovering addict as myself my rock bottom doesn’t even touch his. I pray he has long term sobriety moving forward!

@prize5ighter

9 ай бұрын

True that. Even my rockbottom, my demons are nowhere near to what he has been through.

Respect thank you Dustin🙏🏼glad you are healthy

One of the many things that I love $ustin is that he doesn’t hold back. He’s not afraid to talk about things that have happened in his life.

I love Dustin Rhodes from his NWA/WCW days to Goldust and onward. I read his book often and watch his matches on the WWE Network. He has been through a lot and has come back from a lot. He truly does not get enough credit for his body of work in the industry and everything he contributed and contributes. Thankfully his wife came into his life and helped him along the path and saw the great guy he was.

@herecomesdatrain

2 жыл бұрын

He isn't referring to terri runnels correct

@richarddoucet6617

2 жыл бұрын

@@herecomesdatrain No he is not referring to Terri Runnels a lot of his drug and alcohol problems started after his marriage to her ended.

@herecomesdatrain

2 жыл бұрын

@@richarddoucet6617 ok just asking

@richarddoucet6617

2 жыл бұрын

@@herecomesdatrain No problem I am not sure if you use instagram but Dustin does post there and shares things about his wife and his daughter. His wife has an account as well. If you have Instagram and are a fan give him a follow.

It's great to hear that Dusty was there for him when he needed him most. Proud of you, Dustin, that you got on that plane that day. You wouldn't have been here with us if you hadn't. God bless!!

Dustin is a legend

Dustin, if you ever see this…knowing your story helped me navigate my own struggles with addiction and depression. Your tears here are one of many reasons that I love you, man. Inspirational and a legend. Thank you for helping to knock the stigma off of men and mental health.

Dustin is such a cool class act much respect for telling his story u can tell he has gone through a lot him and cody

So happy you turned your life around! We need more people and newer ways to help and to prevent this from happening to all others in the future and to cure all that are suffering and struggling today!

Really hoped he would have another title run in aew

..good to know We are not alone. Stay Mighty!! Mad Love!!

he told this story on unrestricted too, always love hearing it cuz I'm so glad he made it through, I've felt like shit and wanted to die for 10 years, drank a lot during covid and thought of suicide so many days, but its guys like him that crawl back and changed their life that inspires me also this is why ppl shouldnt do virtual interviews anymore, the connections are bad and always break up and you cant get the full jist of what theyre saying, theres really no need for it anymore

Love you Dustin, Keep steppin

POWERFUL!!!!!! GOD BLESS DUSTIN!!!!!! HE HAS HEART JUST LIKE HIS DAD AND BROTHER DO!!!!! THEY ARE SOOOOOOOOOO HUMBLE TOOOO!!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏💙💙☝️☝️☝️💯💯💯💯

Love this guy. Been a fan since his wcw days. Criminally underrated,just a phenomenal talent. But a better person. This is some story of redemption, so happy for him

God bless him.

Dustin is brutally honest with himself & by doing so he has the ability to be real with others none of that comes easy

Dust is the man… Iconic…The stone cold outhouse scene was perfect…He sold it beautifully…

It runs in the family; but I appreciate Dustin's honesty.

I love this. I appreciate this. I admire the courage to be transparent.

I'm still so lost with alcohol addiction, I love wrestlling and these stories of achieving sobriety etc but I am not stop. I have everything to gain with family and friends and everything to lose I.e. Death

@revolution1423

2 жыл бұрын

Seek help, or set goals or both. Listen to success stories and try to gain info from those stories.

@bw-rx1qd

10 ай бұрын

Hey. Wanted to check on you and see how you’re doing. Hope all is well ❤

@adamdavies1922

10 ай бұрын

@bw-rx1qd hello, thank you thats very kind of you. Currently 2 months sober 🙂 it's still hard but taking it one day at a time. Thank you for reaching out thats very kind of you 😊 ❤️

@bw-rx1qd

9 ай бұрын

@@adamdavies1922 Congratulations on 2 months! Keep taking it 1 day at a time. You’re welcome 😊

I've heard this story about a handful of times at this point. The part where he talks about driving in a rainstorm walking up on a hill near the phone tower to get service to call his dad kills me EVERY time :( It's SO graphic and detailed ANYONE can picture theatrically exactly what happened in their own head

Great interview!

It’s only works when you’re ready … ❤

I love that guy. He was amazing when I met him at 9 years old. I was scared as hell meeting him. He stood up and came to me because I was too scared to go say hi. Just loved his personality and it did calm me down. I started crying and I dunno why. That was 30 years ago and I still remember it clear as it was yesterday. God bless you my friend. All the best to you and your family

I'm sure Dakota, Dustin's daughter, is proud of her Dad like all of us are proud as fans. Dustin, keep conquering and beating your demons. We are rooting for you and can't wait to see you in the WWE Hall of Fame, buddy. :)

He is the best

Dustin is such a great guy

That was really good

Goldust . 💖💖💖💖💖

Legendary

Inspiring and really amazing to watch someone who has had to deal with a husband with addiction, processing her feelings as well.

@pendafen7405

Жыл бұрын

Gotta feel for Renee, she's basically taking care of two kids--her husband as well as her baby. Women are often so burdened by their partners' problems with emotional or psychological dysregulation, like that's part of a marriage contract or something. An unfair expectation imo.

@charlieorr3048

Жыл бұрын

@@pendafen7405 you’re so off base it’s not even funny. First off, you don’t know what their marriage dynamic is like, so way to assume. Secondly, statistically, women have higher rates of mental illness, mood disorders in particular. So no, women aren’t “expected” in our culture to compensate for male mental disorders. In fact men are now expected to suppress all of their opinions, feelings, and values to assuage women so that we’re not seen as “toxic”.

@pendafen7405

Жыл бұрын

@@charlieorr3048 you're saying you have to suppress all your feelings and opinions to assuage women? Really? Because you seemed pretty free and confident and undaunted to just dump yours on me (a woman) without any assuagement in this comment thread. I don't see anyone telling you what you can and can't say, you just did it with no one policing you. That comment sounds to me more like, "we can't say anything any more without a woman giving her opinion, when she should shut her mouth and make a sandwich." I'm concerned you don't realise it's the 21st Century... Returning to the main point: the marriage dynamic between Renee & Jon in particular doesn't interest me that much--having worked with women in abusive situations, I just know at a glance what a dysfunctional relationship of that type looks like when I see it. It didn't take more than a few minutes of me listening to this to notice. There's nothing wrong with self-preservation, and realising that even with the best of intentions or the most loving feelings, you can't save someone from themselves. Renee isn't doing something noble or even helpful wrecking and wasting her own life to help Jon, especially not with a kid involved--her baby and herself should be her first priority, end of discussion. Secondly: 'mood disorders' in women (nice casual misogyny, how dare females have estrogen that unbalances sometimes...) aren't nearly as dangerous or severe to deal with as a male full of testosterone with psych issues, and nor are they more prevalent---the reason you assume and say that they are more prevalent is that they are reported and treated more often, because women see their doctor more often and take care of their health better. A depressed or PMSing woman will cry, nest, maybe overeat or drink too much or neglect chores, before she gets help; a depressed man is far more likely, because of his *hormones*, to lash out physically or verbally, act recklessly, or worse to turn to addiction, and he probably won't admit there's an issue or seek help until he's hit rock bottom and hurt everyone in his path. Men often scapegoat emotional instability onto females, but which sex has the higher recorded historical rate of violent outbursts or rampages leading to criminal offenses? Oh, yeah, that's right... Also, I have never once IRL witnessed the social/domestic dynamic you've described, in which a woman with unbalanced hormones somehow(?) destroys a mans' life (men tend to walk out suddenly on women more often than vice versa, tbh), yet I have known of and seen dozens of women giving up their lives to rescue or endure damaged men. So either we're both living in very different worlds (which, fair, maybe that's the sticking point), or yours is perhaps a fantasy incel land...

@charlieorr3048

Жыл бұрын

@@pendafen7405 I said “men are now expected to” I’m referring to the social norms that you were blabbering about. But of course, go ahead and deflect with petty insults, debasing, and labels like “incel” for concepts you can’t possibly be empathetic too. Also, rigged court systems that rip children from fathers, men bankrupted by the evil divorce court system, all paint a different picture of suffering for men. I also love how your definition of damage is so narrowly defined that it negates those factors. In addition, no. Having a fancy degree and experience in a soulless system that teaches you archetypal signs about men and woman doesn’t make you qualified to be a fucking armchair quarterback for two peoples relationship you have no EARTHLY understanding of. You aren’t aware of their past, factors of their personalities, and other important indicators. With all of your years in “having worked with women in abuse situations”, I’d think you’d have figured out that you need to consult patients one on one before diagnosing a problem.

@pendafen7405

Жыл бұрын

@@charlieorr3048 Who said I was a counsellor, or had a degree in psychology? I never said that. Context and reading carefully are key to criticism, for future reference. Your use of language is telling, btw. 'Men bankrupted by the evil divorce system'--meaning you reduce marriage to a purely monetary value, seeing women & kids as chattel in a transaction. Isn't that somewhat 'evil', if you want to use such morally-straitlaced and reductive terms as that? (I don't). 'Rigged courts' is another reach. Do you really suppose entire systems of political justice are specifically turned against the very group (men) who set them up and run them in the first place? That sounds like tinhattery to me. 'Ripping children from fathers'...ah, come on, you & I both know that the reason most fathers go for custody or visitation rights is to reduce or get out of alimony payments. There's more women with young kids on welfare or in shelters and the like because of poverty caused by their household income plummeting (after their husband/SO/babydaddy walks out) than there are men crippled by child support demands. Have a nice night/day (I don't know the timezone you're posting from, and don't care either)🙃

Dustin is one of the 🐐 #GoatDust #seewhatIdidthere

I wonder if this was triggering emotions in Renee as well dealing with Jon through rehab because there were moments where she was like, "I know".

@herecomesdatrain

2 жыл бұрын

Especially when she was pregnant if I'm correct

I'd say Dustin, kurt angle, x pac, probably all had the worst of the addictions. It's crazy the amount of stuff they abused. The average person wouldn't have been able to sustain that

In my mind he is a deserved world champion and a great hand. I have watched him his entire 36 years. It would make me happy for Dustin to have his last match....be a world title match that he wins. I could see Dustin going over in a match against MJF, Page, Mox, Omega.. whoever. Then retires and vacates. Setting up a tournament for the new champion... My stock is in "The Natural' Dustin Rhodes more so than Cody even. Tony Khan ....get it together. Add some history to your titles lineage.

Renee has that ideal southern beauty !

They can say what they want, but the wrestling business is hard and stressful. So many guys become drug addicts and alcoholics and die. The travel, the injuries, the danger, the stress is out of this world. I know it's a choice, but you're hurting, then you take pills, you have to sleep then you take pills, you have to get up early so you do drugs. Then you try and catch any type of meal when you can at all hours.

It's really sad how prevalent alcohol and drug addiction is amongst wrestlers. The pressure must be insane. WWE should take more responsibility for their people's health.

Gotta feel for Renee, she's basically taking care of two kids--her husband as well as her baby. Women are often so burdened by their partners' problems with emotional or psychological dysregulation, like that's in the marriage contract. Sorry if this sounds harsh, but for the sake of personal safety women need to leave or better yet avoid becoming legally and/or financially bound to men who are addicts or who have psych trauma, because inevitably and even with best intentions men like this will put their wives/girlfriends through hell.

#keepstepping

We want Dustin rhodes alter ego

W

dont think wwe is appreciated enough for its work it does for addicts

99% of addicts who still look happy yet say they are sober are full of shit. You can see it in the eyes. Kurt has pencil point pupils while claiming to be clean The literal only example of a guy who I genuinely believe beat drugs is Jake the Snake. Again, you can see it in the eyes. Also the way he speaks I genuinely think he’s the only wrestler to do it. Scott was full of shit and sadly It was obvious. HBK same.

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@darrenhigham753

2 жыл бұрын

And what?

Lucky for them they didn't have that fentanyl epidemic if not many wrestlers probably would of died

Female andrew tate was right all the time

@redzzder7951

9 ай бұрын

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@Zip_favv

9 ай бұрын

@@redzzder7951 if women wanted equal rights, she has to support her husband and kids exactly the same and as equal as her husband expenses for her and their kids.. not to forget to pay for the house, cars, bills and etc.

Lies, lies, lies. Ya only need to date an addic a short while to know it's all lies. And oddly enough I do not blame the addic. The supervisors that push on to us addictions, such as sugar, smokes, and liquor are to be blamed.

@shirleykerr6813

Жыл бұрын

What the hell is he lying about

Brave and inspiring af thanks dustin and god bless 🙏🏻🙏🏻

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