Ever since the "CKY" days, Chris Raab has been known to fans as "Raab Himself," and he's always been game for the kind of dangerous stunts that left him with a reputation as a complete maniac even among his castmates (via C2K2Y). Of course, with dangerous stunts come plenty of injuries, and with those injuries comes the need to find a way to control chronic pain. For Raab, the solution was prescription painkillers and alcohol, and lots of both.
In a 2018 Page Six piece on the "Jackass" crew, Raab revealed that jostling for screen time with other cast members resulted in a willingness to take on more danger, and the resulting mishaps left him with an addiction to painkillers and alcohol. "If you got hurt, you were like, 'Oh, I can just take a pill for that,'" he explained — and he did get hurt, early and often. Raab shared that at a certain point, everybody's various addictions had them turning on each other, and that the brutal cycle of injury and self-medication prompted him to withdraw from "Jackass" after the first movie.
Unfortunately, the fleeting nature of his fame led to depression — which led to more self-medication with drugs and alcohol, in a downward spiral that eventually had him contemplating suicide. However, at the time of the interview, Raab was over eight years sober, working a regular job, and toiling for a non-profit organization he started with his wife.
If you or anyone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by dialing 988 or by calling 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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