Ok, I hear the legalize arguement, but it isn't now...what an idiot...can't stay away from the stuff long enough to pay some bills...Hook e'm'...
rrj_gamz, i agree with you. if something is ****ing your livelihood up that bad you should drop it. still, he likes smoking a ****ing plant, leave the dude alone.
and everybody will leave him alone and he'll become one of those sad human intrest sports stories in a few years about how he lost it all and wish he could have done things differently. Fact of the matter is, Williams will go broke with the outstanding financial commitments, millions he owes to his baby's momma if I remember correctly, he has pending and no way to make any real money. Sad state of affairs
What a disappointment. I remember idolizing Ricky when I was a freshman at UT back in '98 during his Heisman run. The few times I met him he was really shy but a really down to earth guy. Seemed like he didn't really hang out with the other football players much, and used to get high with the swim team guys regularly. He did have a thing for Indian girls, as he went out with a girl that I knew for a few months. Nice guy, but certainly an odd dude. Loves the chronic more than he loves football, unfortunately. After Vince, he's the most dominant player I've ever seen at the college level.
In the last few years, we read more news about this dude's substance abuse problem than how many yards/touchdowns that he has rushed. What a waste of talent.
what is he saying dude? importantly, when is he gonna be released by the dolphins and what team he'll be with. keep in mind, last year when Ronnie Brown got hurt, Ricky went for 235 yards in one game.
He sounded like he was doing well. He was talking with his old coach, Bucky Godbolt. He was hanging out in Austin last week checking things out he hasn't seen in years. Working his way back to NFL shape. He's back up to 224 lbs. (up from 195). Watching football this past weekend has him excited to try and play. Officially applies for reinstatement on Oct. 1. Officer Goddell decides when/if he can return.
It's not addictive like Nicotine. You can be addicted to smoking weed, but weed itself is not addictive. Just like someone can be addicted to p*rn, but p*rn is not addictive...
the thing that gets me is that its not like he's doing some crazy stuff like vick or pacman jones. or taking roids like merriman (which is worst than smoking weed cause its cheating) he was still better than ronnie brown. this is the game when ronnie brown was out and ricky had to run : MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (Dec. 24, 2005) -- A workhorse once more, Ricky Williams wore down the Tennessee Titans until his final carry took him into the end zone, where he celebrated the touchdown that clinched the Miami Dolphins' latest victory. In his best performance since returning from a one-year retirement, Williams gained 172 yards in 26 rushes and helped Miami cap a perfect December by beating Tennessee 24-10. Williams has shared carries most of the season with Ronnie Brown. When knee and ankle injuries left the rookie inactive, Williams assumed his heaviest workload of the season. "As the game goes on, I usually get stronger and more comfortable and have a better feel for what to do," the 2002 NFL rushing champion said. "Life is about opportunities. Unfortunately, Ronnie was down, so this week I made the most of the opportunity."
I assume you're referring to the difference between physical addiction versus psychological addiction or social dependence. This seems to me like a distinction without a difference.
In the the context of the individual, this is true. However, in a broader sense, there is a huge difference.
Meaning anything can become addictive psychologically. I'm addicted to Sour Jellybellys and Nerds. Individually, I need help because my teeth may start falling out, but just because I'm addicted to those specific items doesn't mean those specific items are addictive. Same with weed and p*rnography. Stuff like alcohol, heroin, etc. are addictive substances.
There is a huge difference. A psychological addiction can be a matter of degrees. Some can be dealt with by the individual simply deciding to blow it off. And if the individual doesn't have what he/she is psychologically addicted to, they can function physically without it. They can decide they'll simply have to function absent this "thing" that they love to regularly use. True, some are incapable of dealing with a psychological addiction if they don't have what they enjoy, or "crave," but in my opinion, that is a small minority. Those people are dealing with an irritant. Most can handle that, many easily, but a few can't. They aren't the alchoholic who can't get a drink. The cigarette smoker who can't get a cigarette. The heroin addict who can't find a "fix." Simply an enormous difference. A physical addiction creates a physical response to not having whatever you are addicted to. You can end up in the hospital, or worse, without "what you need." A psychological addiction can leave you wanting whatever it is you think you "need," but wanting something you can't have, for whatever reason, and wanting something your body demands is completely different. Do you "get it?"
