Darryl Strawberry On Living a Destructive Double Life & His Path To Redemption
Today, we welcome former MLB player Darryl Strawberry. Darryl played 17 years in the major leagues, he won four world series, and went to eight all-star games. But today we're gonna have a much different conversation. We're gonna talk about Darryl's incre
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Show Notes
Today, we welcome former MLB player Darryl Strawberry. Darryl played 17 years in the major leagues, he won four world series, and went to eight all-star games. But today we're gonna have a much different conversation. We're gonna talk about Darryl's incredible redemption story of hope, faith, and recovery.
We discuss the challenges of being a top performing athlete and the pressure that comes with, how the pressure pushed him to a destructive lifestyle and addiction, and how faith ultimately led him to reformation and redemption.
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What to Listen For:
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:41 Getting into addiction
- 05:24 Identity crisis lead to addiction
- 07:37 When the addiction becomes a problem
- 10:30 Overcoming addiction is not an overnight process
- 13:42 Who are you without the ‘uniform’?
- 17:38 Re-affirming faith with God
- 23:30 Understanding the map of life
- 43:13 Don’t leave your work undone
- 45:21 Bible scriptures to help guide you through
Episode Resources:
- Finding Your Way
- Darryl Strawberry | Instagram, Facebook
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