“To me it’s not about how society perceives me, it’s about how I see myself. It’s how I look at myself in the mirror. People still call me junkie. Not as many, but there are still those people out there. But it doesn’t matter, it’s what I call myself. And as long as I am good with myself, I couldn’t care what everyone else says.”
Check out this film on ManyFaces1Voice, the Story of father and ex-basketball star, Chris Herren.
‘Chris Herren is man in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drugs since August of 2008.
Chris was a high school basketball legend from Fall River, Massachusetts, who realized his lifelong dream of playing in the NBA when he was drafted by the Denver Nuggets in 1999 and then was traded to his hometown team, the Boston Celtics in 2000.
Chris struggled with substance use for much of his basketball career, but now in recovery has courageously chosen to share his harrowing story of addiction and recovery with audiences far and wide in the hopes of reaching just one person and making a difference in his or her life.
To support this vision, he founded The Herren Project.
“And I said if you don’t have empathy for me when I was on teh sidewalk or when I was sleeping in-between the dumpster because of the choices I made, have empathy for my children.”
