Chapter Seven

Chapter seven is about how the Devil Rays sent Josh to a sports psychologist because the team was concerned about his injuries. He didn't really want to go see him, but once they sat down, Josh realized that he liked him. After the interview, the psychologist asked Josh if there was anything else that he wanted to talk about. Josh could have very easily of said no, but instead he said that there was something, and then he told that the past couple weeks he had been using drugs.

The psychologist asked Josh questions like what drugs had he been using, how often did he use the drugs, and with whom did he use the drugs. He answered these questions by telling him that he had done cocaine with the guys at the tattoo parlor seven or eight times. Josh continued by telling him how much that he liked the drug and that he wasn't really concerned about it affecting his play because he hadn't been playing anyway because of his injuries. Josh then told him that one reason why he had been using the drug was because of his frustration with his injuries.

Josh did not know where the discussion would lead to or whether the psychologist would tell the Devil Rays about his drug use. The morning after Josh's conversation with the psychologist, he received a phone call from an employee of the Devil Rays telling him that they were sending him to the Betty Ford Center for rehab. Josh could not believe that the psychologist had told the organization about his drug use. They told him that he would be leaving the next day on a plane for thirty days of treatment. Josh then had to make the toughest phone call of his life by telling his dad that he would fly to Betty Ford the following morning for drug rehab. His dad could not believe what he was hearing, and did not know what to say. Josh told his parents that the Devil Rays were sending him to rehab because he had been experimenting with drugs.