Wambach delves deep into the reasons behind her prescription drug and alcohol abuse and how they led to some of her darkest moments
Abby Wambach released her memoir Forward today. It’s a fairly quick read, just a couple of hours, but in that couple of hours she manages to paint an intense picture of a high-performing athlete filled with such self-loathing that she swung from basking in praise for her athletic accomplishments to self-medicating with vodka and prescription pills to numb the doubts.
Wambach traces it all back to her roots, growing up desperate for attention from her parents while competing with a large family of siblings, and rebelling against her strict Catholic upbringing.