45 min
Chris Herren, Substance Abuse You Matter!
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Chris is a high school basketball legend from Fall River, Massachusetts; he was named to the 1994 McDonald’s All-American team and began his collegiate career at Boston College. After failing several drug tests, Chris transferred to Fresno State where he was one of the best point guards in the country. In 1999, Chris was drafted by the Denver Nuggets and then in 2000, traded to his hometown team, the Boston Celtics. What no one knew during Chris’s collegiate and professional basketball career was that Chris struggled with substance abuse disorder. Chris’s journey to recovery has been documented in the bestselling memoir, Basketball Junkie, the Emmy-nominated ESPN Films documentary, Unguarded, and in countless local, national and international stories by The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated, among others. Chris has made it his life’s mission to facilitate honest discussions about substance abuse disorder and wellness and has conducted presentations on the subjects to over 1 million students and community members since 2011.
Chris is a high school basketball legend from Fall River, Massachusetts; he was named to the 1994 McDonald’s All-American team and began his collegiate career at Boston College. After failing several drug tests, Chris transferred to Fresno State where he was one of the best point guards in the country. In 1999, Chris was drafted by the Denver Nuggets and then in 2000, traded to his hometown team, the Boston Celtics. What no one knew during Chris’s collegiate and professional basketball career was that Chris struggled with substance abuse disorder. Chris’s journey to recovery has been documented in the bestselling memoir, Basketball Junkie, the Emmy-nominated ESPN Films documentary, Unguarded, and in countless local, national and international stories by The New York Times, The Boston Globe and Sports Illustrated, among others. Chris has made it his life’s mission to facilitate honest discussions about substance abuse disorder and wellness and has conducted presentations on the subjects to over 1 million students and community members since 2011.
45 min