Rangers Slugger Hamilton Undergoing Counseling
Josh Hamilton is undergoing counseling individually and with his wife in the aftermath of his alcohol relapse, and Hamilton said he is “doing things right a day at a time.”
In an interview on Wednesday with Pastor James Robinson on Glenn Beck’s live streaming video network, Hamilton said he knows his addiction is a serious issue.
“We’re taking this as, obviously it’s a serious issue,” Hamilton said. “I had a slip-up in `09 and moving past that, it was, OK, I’m fine. OK, it was just one night, everything’s over and we didn’t really move back towards well, what caused some slip-up?
“So this time, it’s not just, `OK, it happened, we’ll move past it and maybe it won’t happen again,”’ he said. “We want to find out why it continues to happen.”
Hamilton, said he is ashamed by his mistakes, but is willing to admit them.
The extremely religious Christian outfielder, said he is digging deeper and letting God take control over past things he has done, and that is helping to free his mind.
“It’s going to be a process,” he said. “I’m learning from my mistakes. The work I’ve been doing isn’t a fix-all at this moment. It’s a learning process. … It is a spiritual reprogramming.”
Hamilton also said that he and his family are doing well.
At one point, Hamilton looked straight into the camera and thanked the people who have continued to pray for him and support him. He said he’s not perfect and wants to be a better person, husband and father.
Hamilton was the No. 1 overall draft pick by Tampa Bay in 1999 before his initial involvement in drugs and alcohol. He ended up missing more than three full seasons in the minor leagues because of several drug suspensions, and didn’t make his major league debut until 2007 with Cincinnati.
After being traded to the Rangers, he became one of baseball’s best players on a team that has won the last two American League pennants.
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