Soberintexas007

I was just reading online about various sports stars and celebrities who ruined their careers with alcohol, drugs and gambling. It is amazing how powerful the impulse for self gratification is that these people would give up everything for a drink, drug or bet.

sleepie

What athletes were alcoholics?

Soberintexas007

Josh Hamilton, john Daly, Pelle Lindbergh, Daryll Strawberry, Vin Baker, Dwight Gooden, Roy Tarpley, Steve Howe, Diego Maradona, and Len Bias.

Chrissy2014

And?

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Soberintexas007

I can't list everyone, LOL!

sleepie

Wow I didn't know. I thought you had to be really healthy to be an athlete. I did read about olympic athletes partying pretty hard but I figured it was celebratory not habitual. I cannot fathom working out at all with a hangover. I could hardly get coffee and food some days, that alone felt like a marathon.

Soberintexas007

Yeah, it is pretty crazy.

MelindaFlowers

Micky Mantle.

24hrsAday

it's the NHL play off's so let's not forget Bob Probert..

Ken33xx

Jan Michael Vincent

Jsober

Chris Herren. Basketball career cut way short due to addiction. Think of all the guys we don't even know because their careers were over before they even started due to drugs and alcohol.

zjw

didnt babe ruth even have his fair share of issues?

I can take a benadryl and have my running game suffer the following day. it doesnt take much to screw with our systems.

ScottFromWI

Athletes are just people like us. So are movie stars, politicians, musicians, scientists, law enforcment workers, etc. Addiction knows no boundaries.

Ken33xx

Basketball players? How about David Thompson. (coke and booze)

Chris Mullins

Baseball - Billy Martin.
Compared to Martin all out boozing friend and teammate Micky Mantle was minor league.

Rock and Roll -Alice Cooper (30 plus years sober)
From his autobiography...The year 1972 is just a puddle of VO in my head. I hated the mornings. I had terrible headaches and shakes and the only cure was more VO. I was only twenty-three years old and I looked forty.

buk1000

I remember seeing a re-run of Roy Firestone's interview with Mickey Mantle where Mickey talked about his alcoholism and his sons and he cried. I was about 2 months sober and very raw emotionally. I cried too. Powerful moment to hear The Mick being so open and honest about everything.

Boleo

Even if you could - I bet it would fill up SR's server.

MelindaFlowers

Dennis Rodman.
Mike Tyson.

buk1000

Art Schlicter
Dock Ellis - Check out the documentary, he's a great story
http://www.nonoadockumentary.com/

happybeingme

If you do a search the number of creative people who also struggled with addictions is staggering. Here are a few more random people.

Ernest Hemingway
Stephen King
Edgar Allan Poe
Buzz Aldrin

Ken33xx

Yeah, I watched that earlier this year. Very good.