Hero of the Underground: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (535 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312561032 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It started with painkillers in college, which turned into a full-blown addiction as he battled an array of injuries that ended his career by his late 20s. All rights reserved. Peter's recollection of his college glory days is a little overbearing, but the book's power lies in his honesty in detailing the depths of his despair from seeking the next high. From Publishers Weekly Peter, a star at the University of Nebraska's storied football program in the late 1990s and a first-round NFL draft pick, details his short, frenzied life as a drug user and veteran
"Money, Fame & Drug Addiction" according to BJ. Great book!I'd personally never even heard of Jason Peter, but the backstory sounded amazing and I love the NFL, so after reading several reviews I decided to give it a try.Jason Peter is a prime example of how the NFL spits you out when your no longer worthy of playing, this book in no way puts down the NFL, it just once again brings to light just how harsh the system is, one of my favorite lines in the book best describes it,"When you put o. wow! This book definately grabs your attention from the get-go! I am not that big of a book reader but this book tells the story of how drugs almost completely destroyed a life of a human being. Very intenseWould recommend it for anyone to read.. A Harrowing Journey I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested reading about the ravages of (and redemption from) drug addiction as it impacts on someone who, to the naked eye, "had it made" as an elite college athlete and highly regarded National Football League draft choice. The book is presented in a raw style that offers the reader a "real feel" for the author's struggle and the impact of drug addiction on his family.The author did not find the
Hero of the Underground is the riveting New York Times bestseller.I wasn't afraid of death. Flat-out, mash-your-face-in-the-dirt amazing." Jerry Stahl, author of Permanent Midnight. How could I be? I lived under death's shadow every day. Only this time I wasn't going to leave it to chance. I found myself contemplating death again. When you swallow sixty Vicodin, twenty sleeping pills, drink a bottle of vodka, and still survive, a certain sense of invulnerability stays with you.When you continually use drugs with the kind of reckless determination that I did, the limit to how much heroin or crack you can ingest is not defined by dollar amounts but by the amounts your body can withstand without experiencing a seizure or respiratory failure. I was going to buy a gun, load the thing, place the barrel in my mouth, and blow my fucking brains out.And allof my problemswould besolved."Had Hunter Thompson been a football pla
He was an All American and a member of three National Championship football teams at the University of Nebraska, co-captaining the championship team. JASON PETER grew up in Middletown, New Jersey. He lives in New York.. He was also a National Football League first-round draft pick by the Carolina Panthers, where he played for four years before injuries forced him to retire. He is now married and lives in Lin