Hero Of The Underground: A Memoir (2008) - Plot & Excerpts
This Book is about jason peter and how he has battled being a crack adict and a herion addict also he has tried to kill himself to do this he took 20 vicodin and 30 ambian and 2 bottles of vodka. He was a All Amercian defencive end at nebraska he was a co-captian with grant windstrom on maybe the best team of all time in college football they went 13-0 his senior season and stomped tennessea in the fed ex orange bowl. Jason was drafted by the carolina panthers and he only played four seasons because he was plauged by back and shoulder also severe neck injurys I'd personally never even heard of Jason Peter, but the backstory sounded amazing and I love the NFL, so after reading several reviews I decided to give it a try. Jason Peter is a prime example of how the NFL spits you out when your no longer worthy of playing, this book in no way puts down the NFL, it just once again brings to light just how harsh the system is, one of my favorite lines in the book best describes it, "When you put on your team colors, you are no longer a person--you are a cog in a machine. That is how a team operates, and that is what wins games. People are discarded in this game when their usefulness is at an end." JP's career was in jeopardy because of injuries, then he got hooked on pain killers, the pain killers led to cocaine, the cocaine to meth and crack!His journey thru drugs/rehab is insane, he was an unemployed millionaire with a raging drug problem good, good stuff!!!!
What do You think about Hero Of The Underground: A Memoir (2008)?
I really liked this memoir from a former NFL player and his story of his decline into addiction.
—Jen
