{"id":15622,"date":"2016-06-30T13:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=15622"},"modified":"2016-06-30T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:52:06","slug":"manziel-vows-sobriety-lets-just-do-it-young-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=15622","title":{"rendered":"Manziel vows sobriety &#8230; just do it, young man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/johnny-manziel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15623\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/johnny-manziel-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"johnny-manziel\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/johnny-manziel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/johnny-manziel.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Johnny Football&#8221; Manziel has told TMZ he&#8217;s going to be &#8220;completely sober&#8221; by July 1.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I want to offer the young man a bit of unsolicited advice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tomorrow&#8221; never comes when you place a deadline such as that on yourself.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time Texas A&amp;M University football great and former Heisman Trophy winner has been on\u00a0a horrendous spiral that has ruined his professional football career.<\/p>\n<p>Worse, it is ruining his life.<\/p>\n<p>I am pulling hard for Manziel to pull his head out of whichever body cavity he has inserted it. I want him to succeed in life. Whether he&#8217;s able to regain his athletic form would be an added plus.<\/p>\n<p>However, allow me this one final bit of advice.<\/p>\n<p>I once smoked cigarettes like a freight train. Two-plus packs a day, man. How did I quit the weeds? I wadded them up and tossed them into the garbage.<\/p>\n<p>I quit cold turkey &#8230; on the spot. That was more than 36 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t wait for &#8220;tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One does not put such artificial deadlines on ending bad behavior.<\/p>\n<p>If the young athlete intends to sober up, he&#8217;d better just act <em>immediately<\/em> on his intentions and not wait for the sun to rise the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Too many celebrities have learned in the worst way possible that the sun might not shine.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Johnny Football&#8221; Manziel has told TMZ he&#8217;s going to be &#8220;completely sober&#8221; by July 1. That&#8217;s tomorrow. I want to offer the young man a bit of unsolicited advice. &#8220;Tomorrow&#8221; never comes when you place a deadline such as that on yourself. 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