re: what kills me about the josh hamilton situation

It is a good story, but it is not that inspirational , at least not to me.

a crackhead coming clean is suppose to be inspiring? especially with tens of millions on the line..

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but it is not that inspirational , at least not to me.

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that's because you're not a crackhead

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that's because you're not a crackhead

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the majority of people aren't crack heads.

At least it elminates the "who's on steroids?" discussion for a day.

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I guess as a person who has made some wrong choices in life, i see his story as an inspiring one. I never got into drugs or anything like that, but I do see what drugs do to people even if it is their choice to go that route. Coming out of it and turning your life around is huge in my opinion. You take the "hard arse" approach and that's cool. One day something like this might happen close to you and you will think differently.

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This is fricking weak. So if you make a huge mistake (like being a crackhead), you want people to pat you on the back if you kick the habit? Sorry, but that is something a weak person would do, and hey, if you are a crackhead, there's a good shot that you are a weak person. It's not being a "hard arse" to think that this story is inspirational. I have no pity at all for him unless he was born into an environment that pushes drug use (which he didn't come from).

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He had a dream to become a MLB player, hit a bump in the road that almost cost him everything, then got it all together and here he is. That is why its inspirational.

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This is even worse. So if I go through college in four years and graduate with a degree, I am less inspiring than a kid that flunks out once, gets his shite together, and graduates eventually? I don't see people overcoming obstacles that THEY cause as inspirational.

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So if I go through college in four years and graduate with a degree, I am less inspiring than a kid that flunks out once, gets his shite together, and graduates eventually?

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I never made any comparison like that. I just said that his story was inspirational. I dont see where hamilton is asking for pats on the back. He turned his life around for him and him only. He took control of what he was doing and got it right. Why shite on him for that? Saying "whatever" to that is in fact the "hard arse" approach. He was killing "himself", not anyone else. Then he woke up one day and quit and got his life back on track. I dont approve of crackhead actions just like you, and I too know it is a personal choice to become a crackhead, but when a crackhead comes out of the bottom of the barrel to become successful at whatever it is, I think they do deserve a little credit. If you dont, its all good.

I don't really feel bad for people who get themselves into trouble. I've got a handful of brokedick friends who just do drugs and nothing else, and honestly, I don't feel sorry for them. We come from the same background, and we all make unwise choices. It's the frequency and severity of these choices that shapes where we are now, though. Alcohol, drug, and cigarette abuse are all things that people can prevent. If a kid is born into a household with two crackhead parents, I feel for that kid. Coming from that is inspirational. Coming from a nice background with millions of dollars in front of you, not so much.

It's really just up to the individual though. I have never been one to sympathize with people who knowingly put themselves in bad situations

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Its pretty sad when people bring up situations that happened in January. Can you remember every mistake you made 8 months ago? Although he is a Christian, he is human and does make mistakes. Do I agree with what he did, no. Have I struggled with things Ive turned away from, yes. Christians strive to be as good as they can, but they do make mistakes. Why does the media always try to points fingers every time a Christian makes a mistake, but dont acknowledge the good things they do? We see this with Tebow, they are always trying to find faults with him. Lately they brought up virgin questions. Grow up and realize that there are athletes who do this kind of stuff every day and get away with it. But, its OK for them.....right?
To go from the life he used to have, and be where he's at now......is an act of God. It takes a man to admit what he did as soon as he did it, instead of hiding it from his wife and others.

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I agree that this story is pretty much bullshite. He should have to answer to his wife and his wife only in this situation. It's really a nonissue, but the media lives off of this kind of stuff. Josh Hamilton eating whip cream off of some strange girl's tits sells newspapers and gets website hits.

A point that has yet to be made is the reason he started on the downward spiral is because he was in the car with his parents on the way back from a game, the car was hit by a dump truck, killing both of his parents instantly. While that's not an excuse to get into drugs, it's still pretty fricking traumatizing. Just food for thought...

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the car was hit by a dump truck, killing both of his parents instantly.

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this is really really false.

His story doesn't have to be inspirational to everyone. I'm sure it's inspirational to people who are at the depths of despair and those who find inspiration from standard feel good stories. Hell, some people get inspired watching 'Rocky'. Whatever blows your hair back.

This is what a lot of idiots in this thread are forgetting. You don't have to look at his story as being inspirational. You don't really have to care about it at all.

But acting like you can't understand how he's been to the pit of human hell, to a much better place in his life would resonate with a large portion of people is dumb. There are lots of people who struggle with addiction of all different sorts, and if they have someone to look up to then so be it.