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November 2009

Amends on the 50-yard line

A humiliating public episode on a football field and its aftermath are a father's wake-up call

I woke up on the couch, with that frightening feeling that any alcoholic has had, saying to myself, Oh my God, what have I done? And then it came to me. I had destroyed my daughter's special night and embarrassed my entire family. It was so painful I thought I would die.

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