Off Center

<p>Randy Grimes quickly learned one important truth as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' top draft pick: play through pain or get cut.</p><p> </p><p><em>This is just part of being a pro athlete</em> he told himself.</p><p><br></p><p>Growing up in Tyler Texas Grimes's life was very much <em>on center</em>. A childhood spent in church on Sundays and on the gridiron all week turned into a football scholarship to Baylor marriage to his college sweetheart and a coveted NFL roster spot.</p><p><br></p><p>When the Bucs' starting center began piling up brutal hits he determined to do anything to stay in the game. If the pills prescribed by the team doctors could help Grimes would take them.</p><p><br></p><p><em>All in a day's work</em> he told himself.</p><p><br></p><p>Even before Grimes left the NFL his life began slipping <em>off center</em>. Eventually he lost almost everything he owned the respect of his children and very nearly his life before tumbling out of the car and crawling on hands and knees into a treatment center-literally-into a life-changing miracle.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Off Center</em> is Randy Grimes's riveting story of having it all playing the sport he loved losing almost everything and ultimately finding redemption and hope. Witness the addiction trap that binds millions and claims thousands of lives each year-and the steps Grimes took to reclaim his life and guide others. </p><p><br></p><p>Today Grimes and his wife Lydia stage drug and alcohol interventions for professional athletes celebrities business leaders and everyday Americans to find recovery from addiction. </p><p><br></p><p>Recovery has become his playbook. His treatment center colleagues are his team. And those with addiction are his community.</p><p><br></p><p>Above all Grimes wants people to know: Even when the world seems to be yours there is room to fall. And even when that world seems to slip away there is hope.</p><p><br></p>