T.O. Suicide attempt?

lost in iowa · Head Dick

T.O. Suicide attempt?

shack · Head Dick

I don't like the guy (player), but is as unsurprising considering his mental makeup as it is surprising with all he has to live for a money to get good counseling. But you burn so many bridges with people and your personal relationships, when your fit hits the shan you got so many reasons not to reach out for help.

Regardless of what he did to my team I hope he finds some humility to remain a great talent on the field and leave the bravado in the past.

Vanni9283 · Head Dick

Can you say NARCISISTIC TYRANT??? This is STUNNING news!

Les · Punk Boy

Seems like a desperate ploy for some "poor TO" attention. No way does a guy with such a high amount of self love seriously attempt suicide. This guy is way too in love with himself for that.

TACOBILL · Head Dick

Narcicist......is dead on!

On that last sit down interview with Deion you could tell something had changed within his head . After watching it....as a Philly fan....I didnt hate him as much.

lost in iowa · Head Dick

My thoughts also...the report also said that only 5 pills were missing or only 5 left...didn't get that part....either way, all it is, is a cry for attention, did he clear the bootle...no, it's just more me me me

Purple Delight · Kick Asser

T.O. tried suicide, report says
By MAC ENGEL and CLARENCE E. HILL JR.
Star-Telegram Staff Writers

Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens ingested a large amount of prescription pain medication in a suicide attempt at his home, according to a Dallas police report cited by WFAA/Channel 8.

The report indicates that when police asked Owens if he had tried to harm himself, he said yes, the station reported.

KTVT/Channel 11 reported Wednesday that a woman named "Etheridge," likely Owens' publicist Kim Etheridge, called police at 7:51 p.m. Tuesday to report a suicide attempt. The station said Owens ingested 35 pills.

On Tuesday night, a Cowboys source said that Owens had suffered an allergic reaction to pain medication and was admitted to Baylor Medical Center.

Owens left the hospital early this morning and police said they would make a statement during "working hours." A news conference will be held later today, police said.

On Tuesday, Etheridge said of the incident: "This is not serious."

KTVT/Channel 11 reported Tuesday that a fire rescue team took Owens to the hospital, reportedly to the emergency room to induce vomiting. Dallas police did not confirm nor deny any details.

Calls to Owens' agent were not returned.

Owens was on pain medication after he suffered a broken bone leading to his right ring finger in the Sept. 17 game against Washington. The next day, Owens had a plate screwed in to protect the bone so it could heal with no further risk of damage.

Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said Sept. 20, "the pain medicine made [Owens] ill."

The original prognosis was that Owens would be out two to four weeks.

But after having the plate inserted into his hand, the question was whether Owens could withstand the pain of playing and catching passes with the plate.

Owens has not practiced with the team since the injury. He caught passes Tuesday on the side from teammate Sam Hurd, and Parcells said he thought Owens would join the team for practice today.

"Yeah, the swelling has gone down pretty good," Parcells said. "He's caught some balls and he ran a lot [Tuesday]. [Today] he'll do something. We have a ways to go."

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/15620551.htm

35 Pills is lot more that a "look at me" please - IMHO

Purple Delight · Kick Asser

Some risk factors for depression include:

A family history of depression
Death or illness of a loved one
Stressful conflicts, such as fights with family members or disputes at work
Physical, sexual, or emotional abuse
Major life events, such as moving, graduating from college, changing jobs, getting married or divorced, becoming a new parent, or retiring
Financial difficulties

Dont get me wrong - I cant stand the guy. But until someone shows me otherwise, I think Tacobill pegged it...something has changed.

GoBearsGalason · Head Dick

Oh gosh....maybe he was sexually abused by Bill Parcells. Bill does look kinda creepy.

TACOBILL · Head Dick

What a sellfish A-Hole.......doesnt he realize the Fantasy implications this could have ???????

Purple Delight · Kick Asser

TACOBILL wrote:

What a sellfish A-Hole.......doesnt he realize the Fantasy implications this could have ???????

mmmmmmmmmmm mmm! Now that's good sarcasm!!!

TACOBILL · Head Dick

T.O. 's suicide note

"Are we on the air yet ?"

GoBearsGalason · Head Dick

I hope he gets fisted by a gay doctor.

TACOBILL · Head Dick

This was NOT approved by Florio......yet

Terrel Owens suicide note

lost in iowa · Head Dick

hey from a normal guys perspective....here is this multi-millionaire, a good looking kid with a fat bank role...set for life. What in the phuck you got to be depressed over?...the fact that your starting to age?...welcome to the damn club...

give me one thing in his life that he has to be depressed over....the caviar wasn't chilled enough?....that reporter didn't photograph my best side?....if he's tired of being the center of a media circus then he best stop being such a clown!

Don't do all you can to call attention to yourself and then whine about the attention

If T.O. would have been serious about doing himself, he wouldn't have swallowed a handfull of pills IN FRONT OF SOMEONE! That is a cry for attention...putting a .357 in your mouth and squeezing off a round is trying to kill yourself. Same with the dolts who cut thier wrists...across for attention....down for the morgue.

-- Edited by lost in iowa at 12:36, 2006-09-27

Miami Bear 305 · Head Dick

I think the general public is ignorant to the fact depression can strike ANYONE, regardless of how great their life may be. It's a mental disorder, just like really skinny girls who throw up their food because they see themselves as fat. The reality of their situations have no effect on the skewed view in their mind's eye.

Now I'm not saying T.O. has clinical depression, for all I know he's just a real big *******, but he does show all the signs. All that "I love me some me" crap sounds more like someone who is trying to convince himself than someone who believes it.

All of that said, that's a hilarious picture TacoBill, hope Florio stamps it.

LeRoy · Kick Asser

Depression is a disease, just as alcoholism is a disease. the people involved are not mentally capable of making the right decisions. These decisions have nothing to do with money or fame.

many times it is a chemical imbalance that causes the eratic behavior. Remember Demitrius Underwood. he was bipolar, and it casued his suicide attempt.

TO may be an ass in the media. but sane people don't take a bottle of pills, and jeaprodise their life, for media attention.

here's hoping he recovers and plays the game of life again.

shack · Head Dick

Based on the stories of his youth he was kept away from people by his grandmother, kept in the house, away from other kids. His early socialization is almost nonexistent.

Now put him in the big wide world with all that money and attention with no real understanding of how to tell a leech from a friend, no basis for understanding the importance of friends or how to be one. Understand that he is an incredible athlete and everyone tells keeps telling him that. Choosing leeches over friends because they keep telling him how much they're looking out for him, and he does keep getting paidso how can he argue?

Now the reality is he is on a team with a sh!tty QB, something he's complained about in his last two teams, he said he learned his lessons but still said and did all the wrong things and none of his leeches did anything to stop him, just kept feeding him the "It's all about you" line. He hasn't been productive, he's injured, the pressure is mounting to make good on the claims, the big game against the team he probably shouldn't have left because they are putting up points without him and his new team isn't doing as good with him, he has pushed his friends away and needs some support but can't find any in his leeches. Yep, he's depressed, and yep, he is crying out for help.

The question is will he get it? Will his leeches support a decision to do what's best for him even if it means a loss of income? I doubt it.

GoBearsGalason · Head Dick

Alcoholism is not a disease Leroy it is a choice. You cannot choose whether or not you get cancer. You can choose whether or not to drink. Watch Penn and Tellers Bullsh1 t show on Showtime. Hilarious.

Lack of discipline is not a disease.

Calling Alcoholism a disease is a fukn copout. Gives people justification.

Absolute horsesh1t

-- Edited by GoBearsGalason at 13:11, 2006-09-27

TACOBILL · Head Dick

As a Philly fan.... from the great city of brotherly love.....we always try think of the positives.

It will be alot easier to sneak empty pill bottles past security then those cumbersome D batteries we normally bring to Dallas games

shack · Head Dick

TACOBILL wrote:

As a Philly fan.... from the great city of brotherly love.....we always try think of the positives.

It will be alot easier to sneak empty pill bottles past security then those cumbersome D batteries we normally bring to Dallas games

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!! If it was the Vet I'd know what they'd fill 'em with once they got 'em in.

Actually Vet or not, even if TO doesn't play, let's see the piss filled pill bottle salute to dem Cowgirls!

LeRoy · Kick Asser

you are living in the dark ages if you believe that alcoholics have a choice. iT has been proven that most alcoholics have a gene that causes it, and many psycologists state that alcoholism is a disease for many. I recently had a close friend (66 years old) die from alcoholism, and during the time I was around him, I did lots of research to understand what was happening.

I'm not a pro, but i do understand lots more today than I did 3 months ago.

GoBearsGalason · Head Dick

If there is a gene that causes people to want to drink where is the gene that causes people to chew rocks uncontrollably right?

cummon. Crock of sheot.

Christopher Wallace · Head Dick

It's only fitting that this guy didn't die. Like a drama queen who cuts her wrist with a razor and them screams to her family and gets hauled off to the hospital, only to talk about how she once tried to kill herself for the rest of her life. If this guy is trying to get a timeline that competes with Mike Tyson he is well on his way.

Speaking of Deion, didn't his dumb a$$ drive his car off a cliff one time, and them afterwards claimed "God reached out and gently dropped my car to the ground"? Anyone else remeber that??

Brace yourself for the updated Deion/T.O. interview on NFL network, including 2 hours of never before seen footage of their suicide atempts locations, storylines, and how they have recovered.

Vanni9283 · Head Dick

He's not only narcissistic, but he's also a tyrant, by the way!

lost in iowa · Head Dick

I would assume for a finger the strongest thing they gave T.O was low dose Vicodin....hell...35 Vicodin lights was a daily dose for Farve in his day, wash that down with a 12 pack, if he were serious about dying he would have waited until everyone left...then chugged the pills.

Now I am not ignorant about clinical deppression, but T.O. was showing very few of the signs, the change may have been more along the lines of disgust with himself for what he is becoming...I'll buy that before anything else. NARCICIST is dead on!

I've lost 3 friends to suicide, 2 swallowed the barrel....the other used pills...but a large variety of pills and by himself, people who are serious about suicide don't climb out on the ledge and annouce they are going to jump....they just do it.

shack · Head Dick

Alcoholism is a SYMPTOM of addictive personality. After that it's a level of self control and finding a reason for wanting to deaden or suppress whatever particular issue or memories can help in finding that self control. Depression is the other issue when dealing with addiction that has to be understood and worked through. Happy people aren't alcholics. They can be gamblers or video game junkies or some other thing that becomes an obsession and takes away from being a more well rounded person, but not necessarily as detrimental as alcohol or drugs.

It is not a disease in and of itself.

LeRoy · Kick Asser

this is what the medical community says.

Alcoholism As a Disease
From Buddy T,
Your Guide to Alcoholism / Substance Abuse.

But It Doesn't Act Like a Disease!
One of the difficulties in recognizing alcoholism as a disease is it just plain doesn't seem like one. It doesn't look, sound, smell and it certainly doesn't act like a disease. To make matters worse, generally it denies it exists and resists treatment.

Alcoholism has been recognized for many years by professional medical organizations as a primary, chronic, progressive and sometimes fatal disease. The National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence offers a detailed and complete definition of alcoholism, but probably the most simple way to describe it is "a mental obsession that causes a physical compulsion to drink."

Here is the whole article inf you are interested

http://alcoholism.about.com/cs/info2/a/aa022697.htm

shack · Head Dick

Ask yourself if you think there is any difference between alcoholism and say heroin addiction? Is it a mental obsession to lift and imbibe a liquid or to numb some sense of awareness of depression? Does it have something to do with a love of glass bottles or aluminim cans?

There are people who make a good living off of people believing that it is a different subject. Maybe they have a fear of dealing with people who have a physical compulsion to inject a drug so they get people to believe these basically "law abiding citizens" are so different from those that use illicit drugs. It's still a mental obsession and an obsession is still an addiction.

I am sorry about your friend and don't mean to sound callous, but what you need to know is he was suffering some kind of depression and used alcohol to self medicate and there's nothing you could do to help if he didn't want the help for himself. Hopefully he found comfort in your friendship and you can find comfort in knowing he is not suffering anymore. My best friend used alcohol and drugs, had a host of mental issues, and finally used a tree to end his pain. Took his dog too.

phole · Head Dick

Go Bears,
i am a liitle disappointed in your analysis. having alcholoism in my family i know it IS a disease. it might not make you drink, but it keeps you from stopping. don't be a jerk and marginalize what lots of people struggle with just b/c you're a tough guy. i've read your stuff for a while now, i know you're not that much of a jerk, c'mon.
as for T.O. i feel bad for him. we all fall right into the medias hands and believe every slant they throw at us. between the media and the agents who are advising these guys, it's a wonder we even listen to the players.
i think this is a great oppurtunity to look at the role we LET the media have in shaping our opinions. you guys all claim to have opinions and be able to formulate your own thoughts. really now? prove it.