Aaron Rodgers is no doubt one of the greatest NFL quarterbacks of all time, and he credits his most recent successes to a very specific tool: drugs.
On the Aubrey Marcus Podcast, Rodgers attributes his recent success to ayahuasca, a plant-based psychedelic that's helped him "unconditionally love" others.
Rodgers told host Aubrey Marcus, "To me, one of the core tenets of your mental health is that self-love. That's what ayahuasca did for me, was help me see how to unconditionally love myself. It's only in that unconditional self-love, that then I'm able to truly be able to unconditionally love others. And what better way to work on my mental health than to have an experience like that?"
Rodgers also said the drug helped his relationship with the Packers.
"The greatest gift I can give my teammates, in my opinion, is to be able to show up and to be someone who can model unconditional love to them," he explained. "I mean obviously it's important I play well, and show up and lead and all that stuff. They won't care about what you say until they know how much you care."
Per People, ayahuasca is drunk as a liquid, and can affect a person's thinking, sense of time, and emotions.
And while Rodgers says he wouldn't recommend ayahuasca for everyone, he said it had a profound impact on his life.
"I laid there afterwards on my mat and then opened my eyes and it felt like I was opening my eyes for the first time," he said. "I really feel like that experience paved the way for me to have the best season of my career."
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