NEW YORK (AP)—Jets backup quarterback Erik Ainge(notes) says he is recovering
from a lengthy battle with substance abuse that has derailed his NFL career.
Ainge, 24, tells ESPNNewYork.com on Tuesday in a candid first-person account
that he is also dealing with bipolar disorder.
Ainge says he “was a really bad drug addict” and “would’ve made Charlie
Sheen look like Miss Daisy.” He adds that he overdosed “several” times and
abused prescription medications, cocaine, heroin, marijuana and alcohol.
Ainge says he has been clean since entering rehabilitation last July, his
longest stint of sobriety since he was 11. A fifth-round draft pick in 2008 out
of Tennessee, Ainge missed all of last season. His future with the Jets is
uncertain.
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