Preventative methods such as values-based education programs targeted at young athletes, coaches, doctors, training and parents on the dangers and consequences of doping, as well as the legal and social ramifications , are increasingly prevalent in anti-doping programs.
Working closely with government, law enforcement and Anti-Doping Organizations ADOs in order to facilitate evidence gathering and information sharing. So somebody had to transport that over an international border. Serious stuff, serious stuff. My life went from being a wide-eyed, green bike racer from Marblehead, Massachusetts to a few years later in a little bit of a dark world, very secretive, two different faces. Cycling, all of a sudden, became different, it was more about results. After the season, which was probably my most successful season on record, I had great results, had a big Tour de France.
I got back stateside after the season was over, it was in my off-season, and I realized I was having a hard time just getting out of bed, no motivation.
I mean, I thought about suicide, I drank to just check out at some points. I called them committee meetings and just kind of think about what I was up to and the consequences if it all went bad, how ugly that was going to look. And I had a bad reaction, my urine was like, black with dead red blood cells, I had a fever. I told the team doctor about it and he watched over me. Luckily, it passed. But I remember thinking to myself, you know, what am I doing? What am I doing? This is a crazy world.
But the power of the truth, I mean, the truth saved me. There was a federal investigation into Lance Armstrong and the U. Postal Service Cycling Team. And a guy by the name of Jeff Novitsky contacted me, and I was forced to come in and tell the truth in front of a grand jury.
And finally, I got there in front of the grand jury and maybe the first 10, 15 minutes were a little bit hard, but then it was just like — PHEW — and it just came out, and for as hard as it was, it felt also just wonderful. But then I realized, wow, what an ugly situation this has been and ugly situation that we all went through.
From that moment on, really, being in that Los Angeles courtroom, I came out of there and I had a new perspective on what I was going to do with my life. Hiding the truth was not included in that anymore. And the youngest asked me why I did it.
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