From Baseball to Sobriety | MLB News

After a 15-year baseball career cut short by injury, Jeff Bagwell spiraled into alcohol addiction—using booze to numb physical pain and the crushing void of retirement. Baseball shaped him, but it wasn’t his identity, leaving him lost without the game. Through multiple rehab stints and interventions, he found redemption not in fame or glory, but in his wife Rachel’s unwavering support and his faith. He hit rock bottom before Game Seven of the 2017 ALCS—and then, finally, sobriety. That same year, he was enshrined in the Hall of Fame as the Astros won the World Series. Bagwell now calls recovery harder than Hall of Fame status, crediting his “nine lives” of perseverance for surviving—and thriving—beyond the field.

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