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CARL ELLER
Sixteen veers a Pro-football Dlaver% fifteen vears
with Minnesota Vikines as a defensive end. lie was
All-American. All-Pro. Defensive lineman of the
year. was a member of Vikines' tonference Cliampion team
five times and played in four super bowls.
YET.......... (Ouote from Jim Vlobucher column)
What Eller experienced was a vrolonved. mountine
Cal mity of the spirit and mind, a calamity that
bur:t one day when he found himself thousands of
dollars in debt. unable to pay back taxes. finished
a 9 a ball player. unable to find a -lob, still
pretending the role of boulevardier--and spendine
S2,000 a week on dru.Rs.
When things would go bad J actually believed I
could handle it by myself. But I know now that was crazy
crazy. I didn' t want to end what I really believed
was fun. My whole life away from football was escape
and dental, Indulging myself..O.anything but living
the way normal people live.."
Eller said the use of mood altering chemicals caused
him to lose interest In his marriaRe. careerp fansp
and in life in general. DruR users delude themnelves
misterpreting the events around them. What looks like
a reality can simply be an excuse for usage.
He ( Carl Eller) understands that his was the kind ot
victory that does not necessarily last forever. . ..
It is one he must renew every day.....0..