Maelstrom wrote:Spud wrote:mowgli_thain_87 wrote:Everyone please sign the Scott Harrison petition to save his career at
http://sharrison.epetitions.net/ Let's everyone sign it to get this guy his license and back in the ring where he belongs.
Nope - sorry Dude - not signing!!!
I have met Scott and his dad - he was a great guy as we stayed in the Lennox Lewis College prior to the Lewis/Botha show - I thought at the time you could not meet a nicer individual.
However there is a clear audit trail of problems - and just because the BBBofc were not immediate in their return of the licence - is not an excuse to sink back into those problems.
Scott should have wanted to rid himself of whatever problems he had whether they were drink, drugs, fighting or whatever - he should have wanted to put himself on the right path with or without the help of boxing.
But it is not a one way deal and Scott must have realised he did not have all the bargaining tools -
His attitude should have been - even if I do not get my licence back I am going to prove to myself just as importantly my family I genuinally mean I am going on the right path in life despite the outside influences.
It appears Scott has not got his way and used that as a rather empty exscuse to sink back into old ways.
Perhaps I am being too hard on the lad.
I hope, Spud, that you never have to experience an addiction or mental illness, which in truth are both the same thing.
Some people, no matter HOW much they want to, can change their behaviour.
Hello Dude!!!
There you go again - making assumptions without knowing me - Rhino will tell you I sailed very close to the line with regards to gambling mate and I mean very close to the line.
In addition with regards to the Mental Illness side of things - unfortunately my mother has been sectioned under the mental health act on a number of occasions when I was a teenager and whilst I was still in the army - it is due to that illness I had to come to the very sad decision for the benefit of my wife and son of not seeing her again after years and years of struggle trying coming to terms of what she was like - I will not bore you or the forum with the details.
So unfortunately you are wrong - with regards to the additiction side mate - I am a gambler and a shit one at that - the only decision I had to make was not to gamble again - I gave up for 2 years did not put a penny in a fruit machine or a bet in the bookies for 2 years - had a relapse this year and my last bet was £20 on the winner of the National this year - had to make a decision for the sake of me and the family not to gamble again - so trust me when you are addicted to something I know how bloody hard it is not relapsing - but I remain convinced if you really want to do something you can and without the help of a doctor or these organised groups as well.
Don't make presumptions mate - there are very few people in this world who know me properly.
So with regards to Scott Harrison there are the likes of myself and many thousands of others who know what it is like to be an addict - it is not funny and it is bloody hard not to relapse into the old ways - for me I was weirdly convinced that I would win thousands - on a number of occasions I actually did - and then the madness kicked in because I gave it back in losing bets.
So in short there is one person that can sort out Scott Harrison and thats him - but despite all the caring and all the advice etc etc he has got to want to do it - and until he overcomes that MASSIVE hurdle he will drop himself more and more in the sh*t.
