pbmax
10-24-2012, 08:17 AM
Its an article about Junior Seau's troubles before his suicide, but Taylor makes a cameo, admitting to a problem I think I was only dimly aware of, if at all.
“The way I drank and the way Junior drank was not normal,” said Aaron Taylor, former NFL offensive guard and Seau’s Chargers ex-teammate, who battled alcohol and self-esteem issues before becoming sober in 2002. “Chances are he was predisposed to drug and alcohol addiction and depression, and football served as an antidote. Alcohol is the symptom of the issue. Sadness, depression and anger are the causes. Alcoholics don’t drink because of the way it makes us feel. We drink because it numbs the feeling. When we’re partying, we’re looking for a distraction. It distracts our hurting hearts and souls.”
Its a disturbing article about a man who was falling apart at the seams and did not know how to ask for help.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/oct/21/bitter-endgame/?print&page=all
“The way I drank and the way Junior drank was not normal,” said Aaron Taylor, former NFL offensive guard and Seau’s Chargers ex-teammate, who battled alcohol and self-esteem issues before becoming sober in 2002. “Chances are he was predisposed to drug and alcohol addiction and depression, and football served as an antidote. Alcohol is the symptom of the issue. Sadness, depression and anger are the causes. Alcoholics don’t drink because of the way it makes us feel. We drink because it numbs the feeling. When we’re partying, we’re looking for a distraction. It distracts our hurting hearts and souls.”
Its a disturbing article about a man who was falling apart at the seams and did not know how to ask for help.
http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/oct/21/bitter-endgame/?print&page=all