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Sad article about the decline and death of LSU great David Woodley.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:33 am
Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:33 am
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_7f399b62-8a99-11ec-bf45-8b27258850cc.html
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His belly swollen and his skin yellowed, David Woodley drove himself to the hospital and feared he’d never leave once he arrived. Friends kept telling him he needed help, his health issues too obvious to ignore. Weeks after the latest visit to check on his troubled liver, Woodley slid back into his Ford Expedition and returned to a Shreveport hospital. Two friends went to see him, concerned the life of an LSU quarterback who once started in the Super Bowl would come to a premature end. They stayed for hours, and when they left, Kyle Pierce asked the nurses to call him if anything happened. The phone rang sometime later that night. Woodley, 44, was non-responsive and unconscious.
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Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:41 am to Slippy
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Alcohol harmed his liver and ended his marriage, and over time, a quiet introvert sunk further inward, struggling to find himself and leaving those who thought they knew him well to wonder what he was looking for years later.
“That's the mystery of David Woodley,” said John Ed Bradley, a friend and former LSU teammate. “I don't know the answer to that, and it bothers me that I don't know.”
From wiki:
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After football, Woodley returned to Shreveport and increasingly drank, causing several health problems.[3][5] Married in 1981 to Suzanne Pugh,[4] the couple later divorced.[5] At age 33, he underwent a liver transplant at Willis-Knighton Medical Center in Shreveport in March 1992.[12][13][14][15] Eleven years later, Woodley died from complications due to kidney and liver failure on May 4, 2003.[1][2][16] Twenty years after Super Bowl XVII, he became the youngest Super Bowl starting quarterback to die. Since Woodley's passing, only Super Bowl XXXIV starter Steve McNair, murdered in 2009 at age 36 by his own mistress, has died at a younger age. Woodley was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Shreveport, alongside his parents.
This post was edited on 2/11/22 at 7:44 am
Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:46 am to GumboPot
Tragic story…and a reminder of the debilitating affect that alcoholism has on the spiritual, physical and mental condition…a slow spiral into darkness that leads to death.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:48 am to GumboPot
Did not know this , very sad .
Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:48 am to GumboPot
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Woodley was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Shreveport, alongside his parents.
Man, both parents had already preceded him by 33?
Posted on 2/11/22 at 7:52 am to RummelTiger
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Man, both parents had already preceded him by 33?
I think the way it reads it's saying he had a transplant at 33 and died 11 years later, so he was 44.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:07 am to GumboPot
Kidney and liver failure is a horrible way to go out.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:19 am to brewhan davey
I was headed that way loooong ago but the love of 2 good women saved me.
I am worried about some youngsters I know that insist on going down that road, maybe because they think it’s cool or maybe because it’s too late.
I am worried about some youngsters I know that insist on going down that road, maybe because they think it’s cool or maybe because it’s too late.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:19 am to Slippy
Is anyone not troubled by the fact that alcohol is pushed so much by the ptb? The NFL is a huge advocate of drinking as are many on this board. Nothing good comes from drinking. It has destroyed more lives than all other drugs combined. Why is it promoted so?
A few years ago the "august" Institute of Medicine finally came clean on the drug stating there is no demonstrable benefit to alcohol consumption.
Woodley's story is truly sad, but there are many thousands more like it.
A few years ago the "august" Institute of Medicine finally came clean on the drug stating there is no demonstrable benefit to alcohol consumption.
Woodley's story is truly sad, but there are many thousands more like it.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:21 am to LSUCouyon
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I am worried about some youngsters I know that insist on going down that road, maybe because they think it’s cool or maybe because it’s too late.
Or the most likely reason, they become physically (or physiologically) addicted to ethanol.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:28 am to White Tiger
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It has destroyed more lives than all other drugs combined.
Easily.
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Why is it promoted so?
It has become part of the fabric of who we are as a species.
It's been with us for eons. Probably starting out gathering and eating fermented fruit as "cavemen". Then man learned that squeezing the juice out of fruit and allowing it to sit produced an alcoholic beverage after a few or more weeks as early as several thousand BC. They didn't know why the beverage became fortified with alcohol...it was just magic to them.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:34 am to White Tiger
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A few years ago the "august" Institute of Medicine finally came clean on the drug stating there is no demonstrable benefit to alcohol consumption.
There have been numerous studies on the benefits of Red Wine consumption, so to say there are “no demonstrable benefits” would be wrong. Additionally, alcohol, when consumed responsibly and in moderation it’s not harmful. The same cannot be said for cocaine, heroine and other “hard” drugs. The problem with alcohol is that when it is not consumed responsibly it causes severe health and social problems.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:41 am to KC Tiger
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There have been numerous studies on the benefits of Red Wine consumption
Red wine would be healthier without the ethanol.
The ethanol in the red wine is the health issue. But it is the reason we drink red win or any alcoholic beverage...we want the ethanol...we want the buzz.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:52 am to KC Tiger
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The same cannot be said for cocaine, heroine and other “hard” drugs. The problem with alcohol is that when it is not consumed responsibly it causes severe health and social problems.
Spoken like an old alcoholic. Sad! Sad!
Posted on 2/11/22 at 8:55 am to GumboPot
Alcohol can suck the life out of you. Don't let it happen to you.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 9:07 am to Slippy
I wasn't booing Woodley
I was Team Woodley over Team Ensminger
I was Team Woodley over Team Ensminger
Posted on 2/11/22 at 9:19 am to White Tiger
quote:I'd agree if you said "nothing good comes from TOO MUCH drinking."
s anyone not troubled by the fact that alcohol is pushed so much by the ptb?
Nothing wrong with a few beers at a party, or a glass or two of wine with dinner (don't drive, of course).
Moderation is the key, but we shouldn't punish the vast majority of folks that can properly moderate their behavior.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 9:32 am to KC Tiger
quote:Thanks, Nancy Reagan. The same old bullshite.
There have been numerous studies on the benefits of Red Wine consumption, so to say there are “no demonstrable benefits” would be wrong. Additionally, alcohol, when consumed responsibly and in moderation it’s not harmful. The same cannot be said for cocaine, heroine and other “hard” drugs. The problem with alcohol is that when it is not consumed responsibly it causes severe health and social problems.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 9:33 am to Slippy
A media friend of mine, who used to travel with the Dolphins, said Woodley would always sit in the back of the bus/plane, drinking bottles of cough syrup until he’d pass out.
Posted on 2/11/22 at 9:37 am to Slippy
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