 Rebirth:
Ex-NBA star uses story to inspire
By Patrick Wilson
Winston-Salem Journal Reporter
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
David Thompson tried cocaine at the end of his first season playing
for the Denver Nuggets, when he told a teammate that he was mentally
and physically tired.
"I've got something to take care of that," his fellow
player in the American Basketball Association told him.
Thompson said that cocaine altered his mood for the better.
"I wasn't tired anymore. I just felt good," he said.
But drug and alcohol addiction, he said, hindered his career as
a professional basketball player and jeopardized his relationship
with his family. It was only through counseling and his Christian
faith that he overcame it about 18 years ago.
Thompson, considered one of the best college-basketball players
ever, shared his story with 750 people at the Benton
Convention Center last night during the
annual fundraiser for Associates in Christian Counseling.
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