Summary: Our guest today, Bill Denehy, joined the New York Mets as a pitcher in 1967. Seemingly “having it all” was sadly still no match for addiction, and a shoulder injury rendered him under the power of drugs to mask his pain. Following his baseball career, jobs he held were punctuated by bouts of anger and substance abuse issues. His personal life suffered; he and his wife eventually divorced and his issues deeply strained his relationship with his daughters. Denehy will share 1) The beginning of his struggles: how rage and addiction issues were intrinsically woven into his life from a young age; 2) His memories of his baseball career cut short by injury; 3) The profound strain his addiction and anger placed on the lives of those most important to him; 4) His road to recovery: what it took to finally ask for help; and 5) The prevalence of over-prescription in baseball and how this led, for him, to the loss of his vision.
