The 55-year-old, a WWE icon in the late 90s and early 00s, also discussed his use of steroids throughout an impressive career that saw him win tag-team gold on three occasions.
Holly, real name Robert William Howard, underwent surgery for a broken neck in 2002 after he was powerbombed neck first by Brock Lesnar, forcing him out of action for over a year.
And he revealed on The Steve Austin Show just how he became so dependent on pills he would pop ten a day.
Holly, now a self-professed wilderness survivalist, said: “When I broke my neck, I did end up getting into the pain pill thing and getting on those. And I was able to get off that stuff.
“And so, but that wasn't easy, so I had to have help. I wrote about that in my book. I had to have help to get off that stuff and I did. But that was the worst I did.
“I didn't get into the alcohol. I didn't get into the cocaine. I didn't get into anything heavy like that. I mean, I did steroids. Whoop-dee-doo. But that goes without saying.
“When I broke my neck, that was the worst, the heaviest I got into anything as far as that you shouldn't be doing, but, like I said, I got off that and everything. I never drank and I never did anything else.
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“I started taking too many [pills] and I was like, 'this is ridiculous – I've got to stop,' so I did.”
Holly was one of the most-popular names on a star-studded roster throughout his 15-year WWE spell that ended in 2009.
His long in-ring career has taken a toll on his body – with him being unable to straighten his elbows – but the star says it was all worth it.
He said: “My elbows are really bad. That's the only thing that really bothers me out of everything. Yeah, I have the back issues, I have that, but my back doesn't bother me [nearly] as bad as my elbows do. Most of my problems are through mostly my left elbow.
“It was worth it to me. Like I said, my elbows won't straighten out. I'd say, they're probably… I wouldn't quite say 45 degree angles. I don't know. I don't know what degree it would be. My elbows won't straighten out, both of them.
“But as far as, like, my neck, my neck doesn't really bother me that bad because I had the same surgery as [Steve Austin] had as far as my neck.
“My knees are good. Like, I never have any issues with me knees. My hip is fine. My hips are fine. My back, I had lower back surgery to clean out the bone spurs and I had a few… what the hell was it? They cleaned out the area of like… they opened up the area of the nerve to give it more room or whatever and all that.
“My shoulders are fine. My elbows are the worst thing on me actually, so I think I got away pretty good. My back gives me problems, don't get me wrong. Like, if I'm sitting too long, and I go to stand up, it takes a minute for me to stand up, especially if I'm sitting on a plane, and then I go to get up and it's like my back is killing me, but then after a few minutes of walking it off, I'm fine. But as far as anything else, I think it was actually worth it to me to do what I did.”
Holly added: “You always question your choices as far as the things you do and I have questioned, 'why did you get into wrestling?' I got into it because I loved it. Was it worth it to me? Yeah, it was. It gave me a good life. It provided me a good life. I've experienced the world. I've experienced a lot of things.”
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