Martial arts, nakatulong kay Sid Lucero para talikuran ang masamang bisyo

Hindi naiwasan ng aktor at “Alyas Robin Hood” star na si Sid Lucero ang maging emosyonal nang balikan niya mga pinagdaanan noon nang malulong siya sa masamang bisyo na nakaapekto sa kaniyang pamilya at trabaho.

Sa isang Facebook video, ibinahagi niya ang pinakamasalimuot na pangyayari sa kaniyang buhay, at kung paano nakatulong ang kaniyang pinsan na si Geoff Eigenmann at ang martial arts na Jiu-jitsu upang magbago.

Maliban sa kawalan ng trabaho at job offers sa industriyang kinalakihan niya, kabilang rin sa mga hindi malilimutan ni Sid ang araw na iniwan siya ng kaniyang dating kasintahan, at isinama ang kanilang anak.

"I was losing my jobs, I was losing my job offers. One day, when I came home from work, my family wasn't there anymore. They left. My girlfriend at that time took my daughter and everything in the house... All the proof that I ever had a daughter. That was only the beginning of my journey as an addict. It only got worse from there,” aniya.

“I felt like the world was pulled from under my feet. Guho talaga. I was calling my mom, 'What's happening?' I went out, partied some more, tried to distract myself, tried to indulge in the world just to make myself feel better. I tried to get any sense that I was more than this, but I was going the wrong way,” dagdag pa ng aktor.

Naging malaking tulong raw sa kaniya nang imbitahin siya ni Geoff na subukan ang Jiu-jitsu.

Kuwento niya, “At first, it was a competition between me and my cousin. I want to do what he's doing... The next thing you know, the lessons you learn from jiu-jitsu, you're able to practice (in real life). Before, I still drink after workout, then it just slowly disappeared. The next thing you know, I don't go out anymore so I can train the next day. Mga time na 'yun, na-realize ko na I really love this thing.”

Nais iparating ni Sid sa lahat na mayroong solusyon sa anomang problemang kinahaharap, at handa umano siyang suportahan ang lahat ng mga tulad niyang nalulong sa masamang bisyo at nais magbago para sa kanilang mga sarili at sa kanilang pamilya.

Sa ngayon, sinisiguro ng aktor na mas marami na siyang oras para sa kaniyang pamilya, at patuloy niya ring pinatutunayan ang kaniyang galing bilang isang aktor.

Kamakailan lang, nagwagi siya bilang Best Actor sa 19th Los Angeles Comedy Festival para sa kaniyang pagganap sa award-winning dark comedy film na “Toto.”

“As dark and as lonely as it was during those times, think about it this way—You know the feeling when you've been trapped in a dark hole for so long tapos biglang binuksan 'yung ilaw? Ang liwanag, hindi ba? That's how it is for me. However dark it was, it is infinitely brighter at the end of the tunnel, if you get out. Getting out is a million times harder than getting in, but once you find your reason to get out, hahabol 'yung whole life mo,” aniya.

“Dati, family time, no. Church? Hindi naman ako ma-church. But now, I'll go. Not because I want to, but because it makes my mom happy, it makes my grandmother happy. Because I have time for them. Mindset changes. You learn to appreciate everything. Everything, even the smallest things,” ayon pa kay Sid.

Pagtatapos ng aktor, “Most people know me as Sid Lucero, but if I'm going to talk about myself as a real person, my name is Timothy Eigenmann. I'm an addict. I will be an addict for the rest of my life, because I will recover for the rest of my life. It's a battle that I'm proud to say I'm winning.” -- FRJ, GMA News