Athletes in Recovery blog

Greetings--and welcome to my blog. It has been a great privilege of mine to be "along for the journey" with hundreds of people as they make the changes necessary to recover from a substance use disorder. One particular group of recovering people that seems under-represented in the professional and popular literature is athletes. We hear and read of athletes in trouble with alcohol and/or other drugs, but there is a dearth of information about the positive stories of those who successfully access the help they need and enter recovery. My first post will be about one of my personal favorites, former ABA/NBA player Gus Gerard. Welcomen and read on! Kevin Doyle 9/16/10