Quote:Nobody is saying it's easy to overcome addictions.  However, for Blackmon, as a player in the National Football League, he's got access to world class treatments that Joe six pack can't afford, and in many instances, the team is picking up the tab.  This guy is literally a month removed from a suspension, and he's now done for the year because he didn't get the help necessary to overcome this.  He worked out with the team and sat in meetings, but he clearly didn't do the stuff that he should have been doing to get his life in order.

 

I hope he gets the help he needs to get past this, but I'm done defending the guy.  He's an adult with an addiction problem who has failed to learn his lesson after multiple flags going up trying to get him on the right track. 

 

If he was seriously trying to get on the right track, do you think the following would have happened?

 

I got a call about this an hour ago.  A friend of mine lives near him, and frequents the same package store he does.  The counter guy knows my friend is a huge Jags fan.  She went in to pick up libations for the weekend, and the guy said Justin was the first customer in the door this morning and that he spent several hundred dollars on booze.  This is after he's been told he's suspended indefinitely.  Again, he's got a problem, and he's addressing it in the worst possible way.  Some people just can't be helped. 

 

 

   What you mentioned basically demonstrates that Justin Blackmon's desire for alcohol is noticeably greater than his desire to play in the NFL.     Unless Blackmon gets into a treatment program AND is convinced that must give up drinking and any other substance that could jeopardize his career,    Blackmon's NFL future looks bleak.      Even worse than that,   Blackmon is currently on a path to destruction.     The next few months are critical for him,   whether he realizes it or not.   

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