
And I remember thinking, 'This is too good. And I saw things from my infancy all the way up to that moment. And all these memories, which is, I'm assuming, why people say your life goes flashing before your eyes, started flashing before my eyes. Ivan added: "I told Zoltan it was like becoming a part of the universal hum - complete peace. It was nothing like anything that you think or that I thought for that matter or could have imagined. Needless to say, it all became moot at one point when I died. But that's a whole another story we won't go there. No, not the stuff you see on TV - not sacrificing cats and enchantments and shit like that - the real work the stuff that actually includes empathy. I studied everything from Buddhism to paganism, Wicca - which is still very close to my heart, as a lot of you know - and Satanism. Needless to say, rebel as I do, I went hunting for answers. Organized religion was never something I really bought in to. Half of my family was Christian and the other half was Catholic, so from the get-go I was confused, and I found holes in the system all the way through it.
"I myself grew up a skeptic - very science ridden. "Two, what did I see? Now, for you to hear this, for one you have to ask yourself, do you believe in life after death?" he continued. I was handing my daughter a glass of water one second, and we'll get into the next.

I tried to quit drinking by myself, on my own, for four days, and the fourth day my body shut down, I went into seizure and I died. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "The question that keeps coming up more often than not is about my death. Moody's near-death experience was recounted in FIVE FINGER's music video for the song "The Tragic Truth" which was released last week to coincide with Ivan's 42nd birthday.Įarlier today, Ivan released an Instagram video in which he answered a couple of fan-submitted questions regarding "The Tragic Truth" clip. He also admitted that he went to rehab five times before the last time finally stuck. The singer, who celebrated his third year of sobriety last March, previously said that he nearly died due to an alcohol-related seizure and woke up surrounded by EMTs and his daughter holding him while crying. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's Ivan Moody has once again opened up about his struggles with alcohol addiction.
