Actually, those are the five stages of grief developed by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.
Not really an appropriate analogy for drugs unless you already assume the outcome will be accepting that athletes are going to do drugs and we can't catch them. - Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Treadway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: Robinson re steroids > The widely recognized five stages of dealing with an illness: > > 1. Denial > 2. Anger > 3. Fear > 4. Grief > 5. Acceptance > > It's taken track & field what- three or four DECADES to get where we are today? Some might say the sport still bounces between stages 2 and 4. And individual athletes, when confronted with a positive, almost always start right back with stage 1. > > Why should baseball be any different? Why should we expect them to jump through all five stages overnight? > To COLLECTIVELY progress through the stages (with some individuals still dragging) could take them decades as well. > > Patient persistance- constantly holding them accountable- is the only way to keep them on the right path, and the journey is a VERY long one. > > Randy > >
