Huke reveals struggles with Adderall usage, explains LA Thieves & Empire situation Huke YouTubeCall of Duty 2020 World Champion Cuyler \u2018Huke\u2019 Garland opened up about his Adderall use at the height of his career and the reckoning he faced at Dallas Empire and LA Thieves while trying to recover. Huke, 21, says he started using Adderall somewhere around the age of 18, a few years after the budding Call of Duty pro was developing into one of the most promising talents in the scene. Adderall, a drug that\u2019s part Amphetamine and Dextroamphetamine, helps improve concentration and focus, working as a central nervous system stimulant. Huke described taking the drug as a way to cope with the pressures in the CDL, but saw that it wasn\u2019t making him feel good. \u201cI won Champs, and I didn\u2019t really feel good,\u201d Huke said. \u201cOn the inside, I was very grateful for winning\u2026 But those couple of days afterwards, I didn\u2019t feel good. It was mainly because of one thing, I, at the time, was taking Adderall.\u201d \u201cI\u2019m playing out of anger, rather than joy.\u201d “”I won Champs and I didn’t really feel good.”” Huke has opened up about using Adderall at his CoD champs win, and how it affected mental health. pic.twitter.com\/pwqE7jCb2j \u2014 Dexerto Esports (@DexertoEsports) June 9, 2021 The mood swings while playing Call of Duty at the competitive level left him wanting on a personal level. He says he remembers the joy that competing would give him, but he wasn\u2019t getting that during his time using the drug. At the start of the 2021 CDL season, Huke was looking forward to dropping the drug in exchange for much healthier habits. Meditation, healthy eating, and cold showers were his remedies to staying off Adderall, with noticeable changes to his behavior encouraging him to stay clean. After playing a few CDL matches off the substance, he regained his confidence and celebrated the positive changes with his team at the time, Dallas Empire. Kicked off Empire, benched in LA His 180-turn off the drug had very noticeable changes in his demeanor. People started to notice his manner change, his habits change, and rumors started to spread. \u201cI started getting called out on a lot of things,\u201d Huke said. \u201cI understood that, and I took that. I was like, okay, maybe I am being too positive\u2026 and I started to believe a lot of the things I was being told by my teammates and the environment. And it really got to my head.\u201d Though he kicked a bad habit, he felt his confidence lower again. He says he was getting slandered during his time in Empire, and it was discouraging at a time when he was starting to enjoy the game again. Eventually he found out from his brother that he was getting benched by the Empire. The situation had unfolded to the point where he felt the Empire didn\u2019t trust him, and felt his voice wasn\u2019t being heard. Team meetings had given him discernable points to improve on, considering his form at the time, and he was ready to make improvements. Empire would later bench Huke. \u201cI found out from my brother, I didn\u2019t even find out from my teammates.\u201d Huke has also delved into his side of the story, as he was benched on Dallas Empire. pic.twitter.com\/jcuoc39Tmx \u2014 DEXERTO Call of Duty Esports News (@DexertoIntel) June 9, 2021 \u201cThis year, maybe I was a bit down during Stage 2, and no one really reached out to me. Actually, no one reached out to me and tried to lift me up,\u201d Huke said. He would later land on the LA Thieves roster. And he described his new team as a revitalization of his love for CoD. But stories had spread that he was using psychedelics. Apparently, people within the LA Thieves team \u201cbought into\u201d narratives that he was having problems, considering his change in mindset. Huke described his demeanor as a positive change, but rumors had painted a different picture of his recovery. Fellow pros and longtime friends would call him \u201ccrazy Cuyler,\u201d believing that Huke was troubled with drugs or the like. These rumors started having repercussions on his career, especially since he was benched by the Thieves shortly after he signed. \u201cThe toxicity in the pro scene, and the toxicity in the pro scene in general, it can be tough sometimes. \u201cI\u2019m sorry if I\u2019m calling everyone out, but we have to do better,\u201d he said. Huke would later be reinstated in the LA Thieves lineup. Huke says the larger CoD community \u201chas lost sight\u201d of what the dream of being a pro really means, and is calling on the scene to make improvements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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