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The self-destructive cycle cost the one-time AFL star far more than the thousands of dollars he readily paid for a fix.

"It's cost me any relationship I've ever had, it's cost me my money, my real estate investments. It's cost me friends and it's cost me my relationship with my son and to this day I have failed as a father," Eustice admitted.

The 47-year old pondered how a 137-game AFL career and successful off-field ventures could end so painfully.

At one point, Eustice owned five houses, a business and shovelled his football money into a growing real estate portfolio.

But when footy finished, his life gradually unravelled.