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Monday, September 21, 2009
Former OSU quarterback Art Schlichter to be at Barnes and Noble in Miamisburg
Art Schlichter will be at the Barnes and Noble in Miamisburg (2619 Miamisburg-Centerville Drive) to discuss and sign copies of his new book “Busted the Rise and Fall of Art Schlichter” on Thursday, September 24th at 7pm. Schlichter was a star quarterback for Ohio State University who ended up being chosen by the Baltimore Colts in the first round of the 1982 draft only to be let go a few years later due to his rising gambling problems. Schlichter would end up spending 10 years of his life in 40 different prisons around Ohio, Baltimore, Indiana and Kentucky for fraud and racketeering, crimes he committed as he tried to obtain more money to feed his gripping addiction.
Schlichter’s 22 chapter tell-all highlights the highs and lows of his life: from his glory days at Ohio State to the sad details of his life on the run and then in prison. Schlichter struggles with the desire to gamble on a daily basis and avoids such things as reading point spreads in the newspaper. “It kinda gets the juices flowing so I don’t read them at all,” Schlichter told a large crowd at his book signing last week at a Barnes and Noble in Columbus.
Schlichter said that he wanted to write this book to help others who are struggling with addiction. “I want my life to serve as a warning to others; I truly hope this book can help someone quit gambling or get help for any addiction before things get really ugly for them.”
Schlichter has been out of prison for three years and has been busy with his radio job at WTVN out of Columbus and his assistant coaching position for a high school football team in Indiana. He is also called upon from time to time to help families of addicts conduct interventions for loved ones who are battling to survive. Schlichter does not want anyone to live the life he has had. “I don’t feel bad about spending ten years of my life in prison. I feel bad that I spent ten years of my daughters lives in prison. I missed watching them grow up and that was the worst punishment of all.”
Copies of “Busted, the Rise and Fall of Art Schlichter” are available wherever books are sold. Visit www.orangefrazer.com for more information.
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