Doc Gooden says his ex-Mets teammate helped him get sober.
Gooden has struggled with cocaine addiction for years and pled guilty to 3rd-degreeDoc was ordered into rehab by the courts, and when we got him out in NYC this week, he says the process is working, and he's feeling healthy and focused again.
"I'm feeling great," Doc says."I appreciate all the support I've been getting. It's overwhelming, it's good to have."As for how he got to that point, Gooden says he had a lot of people come out to support him ... including his ex-Mets teammate, Strawberry.Gooden and Strawberry took the MLB by storm in the '80s as members of the '86 NY Mets championship team, and Doc says they used that same teamwork to help him kick his habit this time.
"Now, when we have conversations, it's real conversations," Gooden says."So, big shoutout to Darryl."
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