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This post is a place for you to describe your responses to Chris Herren's presentation on Wednesday, September 5.
This is optional homework for Wednesday night.
We will work on this in class on Thursday.
I will comment as well.
In your comments, I would like you to complete three (3) tasks:
1. What do you or did you expect from the Chris Herren presentation?
2. What was your response during or after the presentation?
3. What kind of questions do you have after the presentation?
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Follow Chris Herren on Twitter @c_herren
I expect to learn about Chris Herren's life, and how he became addicted to drugs and how he stop them. I hope he is living a great life. I hope to learn about him. I want to know what his life was like when he was doing drugs, how they affected him.
ReplyDeleteI saw a film on ESPM about him (and I will try to find the name of it for you all) and I am expecting to hear an honest account of how hard it is to stay clean and sober. I wonder how he does it.
ReplyDeleteI exspected chris herren to look much older. I also thought that it would he would look really wrinkley. What i thought of the presiontation was that it was very inspiring. A question i have is why do u think he would start doing drugs? Who would throw that kind of operntunity and money away?
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ReplyDeleteI expected to learn about Chris Herren's life story and how drugs changed his life. i thought the presentation was inspiring.i would like to know how hard it was for him to be off drugs and be sober for 10 months and to not go back.
ReplyDelete@ Rich he couldn't say know to a girl in a dorm room who asked him to try cocaine for the first time.
ReplyDeleteAlso, when you are hooked on drugs, your brain with logic and reason takes a back seat to your body's desire for that drug.
The way he repeated how often he threw away money told me that addiction is in charge, not intelligence or practicality or even love of a wife and kids.
It just doesn't make sense and you really do ahve to get help, go to a program , to get out of addiction's clutches. No one can do it alone, but there is always help.
@Chris, Maybe if we read his book he would go into more detail about that. I saw his ESPN film for the 30 on 30 series...check to see if he addresses that in an interview on youTube, maybe? I will be the first 10 months are hard, very hard.
ReplyDeleteI expected from Chris Herren's presentation to be a lot different than what it was. I did not think it was going to be anything what it was. My response after the presentation was like "wow". I was amazed and inspired. Honestly, it tought me so much. I was in tears while he was talking. It was just amazing. My main question i have was honestly "how did you do it?" Chris Herren is my role model and such a strong brave amazing person. He taught me that you have to go to the worse to get to the better. His kids and wife should be very proud of him after all he went through.
ReplyDeletei thought that the chris herren presentation was very good and inspiring.
ReplyDeletein the presentation i thought it would be very inspiring.i thought during this presention i thougth that this was a very good presention.i just want to know what he did and when did he start to stop;p
ReplyDeleteI thought his presention was really inspiring and amazing.
ReplyDeleteI expected that his story was going to be about drugs, but i didnt expect that his life wouldnt get as bad as it did. After the presentation i felt very inspired. The question i had after the presentation was, Is he still with his wife and kids? The answer is yes.
ReplyDeleteWhy did he do the drugs in the first place? Was he pressured?
ReplyDeleteI am impressed with your observations and impressions about Chris Herren's presentation to us.
ReplyDeleteCertainly you can continue to ask him questions at his Twitter address which is @c_herren.
When I think about your questions, I am not honestly sure even Chris understands the answers. Sometimes it is just daring to do something dangerous and we think we are more powerful than a little pill.
But the body's needs in addiction take over what the mind knows about and renders it powerless. He knew he had people who loved him and depended on him, he knew he was talented, he knew that he had lots of money coming to him.
However, his body's need to fuel itself with drugs blocked out his ability to be logical and thoughtful. An addiction is like an instinct; the brain isn't working on knowledge but on need.
He really had to separate himself from everything in rehab--from people, from situations, from everything to get the drugs out of his system.
However, any addict who is in recovery will tell you, it is always one day at a time. The claws of addiction are always in a person, and support is necessary to stay strong.
Unfortunately, some people cannot surrender and ask for help,accept help. It is hard to admit weakness.
Anyway, I am totally interested in getting everyone on board on Monday. Please send me an email if you can't get on the blog so I can trouble shoot the problem that is keeping you from commenting.
My email: drgrm110@gmail.com.
Chis Herrens presentation was unbelieve able. I did not expect him to get that deep into his speech. My response was after his presentation was wow, I can't believe he survived and is now clean from all thise drugs. I did not have any questions after the presentation.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get to watch his presentation but my friends told me about it and its very brave of him. I really wish i could of seen him talking in front of me and seen it for real. I want to know what his wife was thinking and how she put up with him. What was she telling the kids when they got older and assumed things? Its very heart-breaking.
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