DARRYL
AND DRUGS

Topics: Addiction; Depression; Despair; Drugs; Pleasure; Purpose

References: John 4:13–14; 1 John 2:15–17

“Life has not been worth living for me. That’s the honest truth.” That’s what former New York Yankees slugger Darryl Strawberry said in response to Circuit Judge Florence Foster’s question about why he used drugs.

—Jack Curry, “Strawberry Still Missing and Faces Prison Time,” The New York Times (April 2, 2001)