#42: ⚾️ When Baseball, Addiction, and Brain Cancer Collide—And How Michael Bugary Survived It All
What happens when life strips away everything you thought defined you?
In this episode of Messy on Purpose, I sit down with Michael Bugary—former professional baseball player, motivational speaker, and author of the upcoming book The Disease of Me: How Losing My Professional Baseball Career, Drug Addiction, and Brain Cancer Saved My Life.
Michael’s story is raw, painful, and incredibly powerful. After an arm injury ended his career with the Boston Red Sox organization, he spiraled into addiction, eventually reaching heroin. His battle didn’t stop there—he was diagnosed with a rare, malignant…
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