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

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

Season 4 Episode 176 Published 5 years, 11 months ago
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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.

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