WAYNE Carey has identified himself as an alcoholic and admitted he drank to the point that he could drink no more every weekend of his 16-year football career — even in the lead-up to the three grand finals to which he captained North Melbourne.
During his playing days, it was a habit only his close friends and a few teammates were aware of. But the man rated as one of football's greats has made a public confession as part of what he considers a major step in his rehabilitation.
Once seemingly bullet-proof, Carey, at 36, is deeply troubled. He has felt such self-loathing of late that he has been too embarrassed to go out in public and jumped between houses of friends and family rather than stay at a fixed address.
He faces charges in the US next month following a violent episode in Miami last October when he cut the face of his partner, Kate Neilson, with a glass and physically attacked police. Carey has denied he intentionally struck his girlfriend.
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