'I'm alive... and I feel great!' Lamar Odom on life after rehab and his brush with death
Lamar Odom has been keeping busy since his release from rehab after checking himself in before the holidays.
On Thursday night, the former Los Angeles Laker put in an appearance at one-time LA Dodger Micah Johnson's What Lines? Vol. 1 Art Show benefitting the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation at the team's downtown stadium.
And he shared the state of his health with Us Magazine, saying: 'I'm doing great! I feel great. I'm alive!'
'I feel great!' Lamar Odom, pictured in Los Angeles on January 9, spoke about his health status on Thursday at an event to benefit the LA Dodgers Foundation on Thursday
The 37-year-old jokingly added: 'It's a start. It beats the alternative!'
Lamar credited his children Destiny, 18, and Lamar, Jr., 15, whom he shares with ex-wife Liza Morales, for being his biggest support system keeping him clean and sober.
The former E! reality star, who enjoyed a boys night out at celebrity eatery Delilah in West Hollywood on Tuesday. has long struggled with addictions to alcohol and drugs.
He wasn't expected to survive after overdosing at a Nevada brothel in October 2015.
On the mend: The 37-year-old enjoyed a night out with his pals at celebrity hotspot Delilah in West Hollywood on Tuesday
The incident left him in a coma for days and hospitalized for months.
Lamar talked about the ordeal during a January 17 appearance on The Doctors.
'Did I feel ashamed about some of the choices I made?' he said in the interview. 'I was basically just committing suicide.'
Talking to The Doctors: Lamar dished about his 2015 overdose on the show on January 17
During that appearance, Lamar, whose divorce from Khloé Kardashian was finalized in December while he was in rehab, also said he hoped to reconcile with the TV star.
'I want my wife back,' he said. Though Lamar and Kardashian, 32, were estranged at the time of his overdose, she stuck by his side throughout his recovery.
He later posted an instagram of himself looking fit and well with the show's hosts, captioned: 'Special thanks to the @thedoctorstv and @casa_palmera for all of your help and advice. Appreciate you guys!'
Once happy family: Lamar with his then wife Khloe Kardashian, right, and children Destiny and Lama Jr. in 2011. He called his son and daughter his biggest reason for staying sober
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