Ted Williams Let Us Down

When Ted Williams burst into the media just a few short weeks ago, we all thought he was truly going to change his life around for the better. He was offered jobs and even a home, but little did we realize then that he had been lying to himself and to the world, and still continues to lie. Ted Williams is a drug addict and an alcoholic. Can people like Ted change? The short answer is, yes they can. The longer answer is, they can change only if they truly want to change. Ted Williams let us down.

The name Ted Williams has been thrown around with the word 'hero' attached to it. This man is not a hero, he is a drug addict who lies and cheats his way through life. He doesn't have the willpower to stick it out with rehab and turn himself around.

He was offered a fantastic opportunity, rehab at an outstanding clinic, all paid for. This is not an opportunity the average Joe on the street gets. Rehab is expensive and the good ones are hard to find and hard to pay for. When he was offered the opportunity to go to Origins Recovery Center , he hesitated. He told Dr. Phil that he wanted to go back to Ohio to visit his grandchildren. The only thing he visited in Ohio was a bottle of booze. He did finally check into the rehab on January 13, 2011 and it only lasted two weeks,

This man is not a hero by any stretch. He is a man, a man who lives on the streets and lies and cheats to make it day to day. Even if he had made it through rehab, would the change have lasted? We won't know the answer to that, as he ran and turned tail. He ran from the help he needed to become a human being again, a productive member of society. What company would offer him a job now?

He pulled the wool over our eyes for a short period of time. He is an actor; he says what he thinks we all want to hear. Now he blew his opportunity, his chance at a real life. Whether his family sticks by him or not is their business. If Ted Williams returns to life on the streets, that's his business.

You drew us all in with your big talk and promises. Now you are going right back to your old ways and your old life. Ted Williams, you let us down, but even worse, you let yourself down and you have to live with that.

Source:

LAtimes.com