Rich Speaks On Tiger Woods, Addiction & The Wounds That Fame Can't Heal

Tiger Woods is in big trouble. Woods was arrested for DUI in Florida Friday after crashing into the back of a pickup truck and flipping his Land Rover on its side. This is the second DUI, both the result of taking medication and driving at a very high rate of speed. This incident comes just days before the coveted masters tournament tees off in Augusta, Georgia. Certainly, there's gonna have to be accountability. Rich, what are your thoughts on Tiger Woods and his recent suspicion of DUI arrest? This is a question that, many people have reached out to me for comment. And because the recent solo episode that I did was so popular, I thought I'd take the opportunity to share a few thoughts, not to pass judgment on Tiger Woods or to take his inventory, but to elucidate a greater understanding of addiction. There's a couple aspects of this incident that stand out to me. The first of which was that it took place at, I believe, 2PM in the afternoon. So in broad daylight, he volunteered for a breathalyzer and passed that test, but refused a urine test and appeared by all accounts to be impaired. You can watch the video online. It's pretty clear that he was impaired at the moment of his arrest. And of course, this is not the first time. In 2009, he collided with a fire hydrant. That was his first fall from grace. In 2017, he was arrested under the suspicion of DUI. I believe he was found asleep behind the wheel of his parked car. And what's interesting about that incident is that he claimed that he was taking medication to manage his pain from spinal fusion surgery. An ALIF procedure of the l five and s one. ALIF stands for anterior lumbar interbody fusion. This is something I have a little bit of experience with because I too underwent an ALIF in addition to a PLLIF, a posterior lumbar interbody fusion. So I understand that pain and perhaps even the desire to medicate that pain. In any event, then in 2021, Tiger Woods rolled his car in Los Angeles, shattering his leg and, suffering two leg fractures. So this is his fourth, incident behind the wheel. And obviously worse because of his incredibly high profile creating quite the media spectacle. Average person to get their head around. So the question that most people, most normal people are asking right now is why would Tiger Woods do this? Why would he tarnish his legacy? Why would he behave so irrationally? Somebody who has so many resources at his disposal making this unforced error. Somebody was so much to lose who just perpetrated this act of self sabotage in such an irrational way. How do we answer this question? Well, the answer really isn't binary. It isn't because of one thing or another. In my opinion, the first thing to understand about this is that when you're an addict, when you …