No offense intended to John Prine who did appear to turn his life around with the help of his third wife but it's a message young people need to hear especially these days with politicians legalizing that junk to get tax revenue.
Mickey Mantle and Hack Wilson both spoke to young people about not going down the road they traveled with substance abuse.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_Wilson
Wilson — once the highest-paid player in the National League — died penniless; his son, Robert, refused to claim his remains. NL President Ford Frick finally sent money to cover his funeral expenses. His gray burial suit was donated by the undertaker.
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One week before his death, Wilson gave an interview to CBS Radio which was reprinted in Chicago newspapers. In 1949 Charlie Grimm, the Cubs' new manager, posted a framed excerpt from that interview in the Cubs clubhouse, where it remains. It reads, in part:
Talent isn't enough. You need common sense and good advice. If anyone tries to tell you different, tell them the story of Hack Wilson. ... Kids in and out of baseball who think because they have talent they have the world by the tail. It isn't so. Kids, don't be too big to accept advice. Don't let what happened to me happen to you.
