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Report: Johnny Manziel plans to go “completely sober” — Friday
profootballtalk.nbcsports.com ^ | June 29, 2016 | Darin Gantt

Posted on 06/29/2016 10:31:48 AM PDT by rdl6989

Maybe Johnny Manziel is taking seriously all the good advice people keep giving him to clean up his act.

At least he says he plans to, after this one sweet kegger he’s throwing in Mexico.

Manziel told TMZ that he’s “going completely sober starting July 1st.”

(Excerpt) Read more at profootballtalk.nbcsports.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: addiction; alcohol; athletes; johnnymanziel; nfl; rehab; sober
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To: rdl6989
Someone's doing drugs in the Mexico house where Johnny Manziel is staying ... but the QB swears it's not his stuff and further says he's going stone-cold sober ... in a few days.

This is not someone who has accepted the fact that he has a problem, and has a sincere desire to do something about it. If that were the case, he wouldn't remain in a house where he knows people are doing drugs, he would leave immediately. He wouldn't announce that he's going to quit drinking "in a few days", but first is going to enjoy one last kegger. If he were serious about getting sober, he would announce that he's already had his last drink, that he's seeking the help he needs, and he's putting some distance between himself and those who have been enabling his destructive lifestyle. Having "one last blowout" with a house full of drinking and drugging friends is not the first step towards sobriety.

41 posted on 06/29/2016 11:59:50 AM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: katana

And Ricky Williams had like a 10 year career, where during several of those years he was the best back in the league. Manziel has done nothing.


42 posted on 06/29/2016 12:06:41 PM PDT by Defiant (After 8 years of Chump Change, it's time for Trump Change.)
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To: rdl6989

I quit drinking last night...


43 posted on 06/29/2016 12:12:28 PM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: huckfillary

Had a roommate that said “Anybody can quit smoking, but it takes a real man to face cancer.”


44 posted on 06/29/2016 12:14:06 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: lee martell

I see no reason for a conservator to run his finances. If he decides to blow a fortune on booze and dope, he’s over 21. And I never saw a single thing with Spears that meant her family should run her finances.
Since when is being wild and partying a license for relatives to step in and run everything? Retarded and ridiculous.


45 posted on 06/29/2016 12:17:42 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that the state deportmentthat up....)
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To: Popman

My heroin addicted brother has said this about 200X over the past 20 years.

FAIL


46 posted on 06/29/2016 12:28:24 PM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: newfreep

“When I did finally quit, I stopped cold turkey, never told anyone...”.

That really is the key. Just do it for yourself and keep it to yourself.


47 posted on 06/29/2016 12:36:37 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: gundog
Had a roommate that said “Anybody can quit smoking, but it takes a real man to face cancer.”

Did your roommate end up becoming a "real man?"

48 posted on 06/29/2016 12:58:57 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: rdl6989

Johnny Wagon


49 posted on 06/29/2016 1:18:08 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: TomGuy

“The ole Wimpy excuse: I’ll gladly enter rehab next week for a wild party tonight.”

wait a sec. if i remember my popeye cartoons correctly, it was: “I’ll gladly enter rehab on Tuesday for a hamburger today.”


50 posted on 06/29/2016 3:50:11 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: rdl6989

That’s asking for a serious case of the DTs


51 posted on 06/29/2016 3:52:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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That’s asking for a serious case of the DTs

Yep. Two drugs can kill you upon sudden withdrawal, and heroin isn't one of them. Alcohol and barbiturates.

52 posted on 06/29/2016 3:55:33 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rdl6989

He’s a loser.


53 posted on 06/29/2016 3:56:56 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: GreenHornet

Haven’t seen him in years.


54 posted on 06/30/2016 1:45:03 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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