LA – Wayne Rooney has admitted he would drink beer until he passed out to deal with the stress of playing professional football in his early 20s as he struggled during his career. The 38-year-old Rooney revealed: “When I was in my early 20s, I’d spend a couple of days at home and wouldn’t move out of the house and drink almost until I passed out. I didn’t want to be around people because sometimes you feel embarrassed and sometimes you feel like you’ve let people down. Ultimately I didn’t know how else to deal with it, so I chose alcohol to try and help me get through that. There were people there for me to speak to but I chose not to do that and tried to deal with it myself.”
