Travis Barker quit smoking weed after a precancer diagnosis of the esophagus

Travis Barker has said goodbye to weed, and it wasn't by choice. The Blink-182 drummer says a health scare finally made him stop.

What happened?

Barker, 50, opened up on the Nov. 11 episode of the Big Bro with Kid Cudi podcast. "I only quit because I got diagnosed with precancer of the esophagus," he said. "I loved blunts and I would smoke too much."

He says he was getting through 10 to 15 blunts a day. According to Barker, he "would have never stopped" if his doctor hadn't called the case "serious."

His doctor's message was blunt too: "This is your warning shot." Barker said he used to joke that he could be like Willie Nelson and smoke until the day he died.

Does he miss it?

Yes, and he's honest about it. The "Dumpweed" singer says he thinks about lighting up "all the time." "I miss it. I'm not gonna lie," he admitted.

What keeps him going is running. "Couple miles a day keeps the demons away," he said. His running became "bigger and more important" to him than smoking.

Daha önce ne olmuştu?

Running has been part of Barker's life for a long time. He took it up after the 2008 Learjet crash in South Carolina, which killed four people. He and DJ AM survived. The ordeal led to a long struggle with painkillers.

Barker says jogging also helped him stay sober from prescription painkillers and opioids. "You can't run half a marathon if you're doing drugs," he explained. "It's going to be the hardest 13.1 miles of your life."

He married Kourtney Kardashian in Portofino, Italy, in 2022. They have a 3-year-old son, Rocky. Barker also has two older children, Alabama and Landon.

What's next?

Barker didn't share any treatment details on the podcast. What he did say is that running is now his go-to. "It's good, man," he said. "It's like therapy."