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Randy & Lydia Grimes - Former NFL Player, Addicted and now Saving Lives
Season 4 · Episode 176

Randy & Lydia Grimes - Former NFL Player, Addicted and now Saving Lives

The Addiction Podcast-Point of No Return · Joanie Sigal

August 13, 202048m 0s

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Show Notes

Randy Grimes was an NFL player with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He considered taking painkillers to be a "necessary evil" - part of the job description. However, he left the NFL addicted to painkillers and spent the next 20 years in the depths of addiction - losing friends and almost his lovely wife - Lydia. Lydia stood by him throughout that whole time and finally got him into a treatment program that stuck. Now they are giving back through their non-profit, Pro Athletes in Recovery.  Hear from Randy and the woman who helped to save him.