United Kingdom, April 1 -- Lamar Odom doesn't intend to watch the Netflix documentary about himself.

The 46-year-old former basketball star is the subject of Untold: The Death and Life of Lamar Odom but would prefer not to relive his near-fatal 2015 overdose as he attempts to recover from addiction issues.

Lamar, who was formerly married to reality star Khloe Kardashian, told USA Today: "Every recovering addict knows that you want to kind of stay away from things that were traumatising in your life."

The former LA Lakers player added: "I was telling my girlfriend on the way here, it's like swimming in a cesspool of trauma.

"And I'm trying to get out of it, but the story reels me back into that pool every time. But I just know I'm bigg...