Incredible story on Erik Ainge and his Drug Addictions

If anybody remembers, I had a little chat with Erik Ainge last summer before the 2010 season. He was a real nice guy but no one really had any idea about what laid beneath the surface. Shortly after my interview with Ainge, he deleted his Twitter and basically fell of the face of Jets news. It was later discovered that he had admitted himself into drug rehabilitation and there was nothing to do but wish him well. Now, as you can tell from the video above, Erik Ainge is back from rehab and has stayed sober since then. The story is quite incredible and definitely worth a read on ESPN. New York Jets backup quarterback Erik Ainge started using drugs when he was 12. It began with a bong hit, and it escalated from marijuana to prescription meds, alcohol, cocaine and heroin. By his senior year at Tennessee, he was addicted to painkillers, downing them by the handful. This is the story of a professional athlete who lost control. Ainge fell into a self-destructive lifestyle that included ...