Almost 17 years after winning Olympic Gold Grant Hackett, made the headlines for very different reasons. According to the Courier Mail report that after mother Margaret & older brother Craig Hackett attempted a family intervention for Grant’s erratic behaviour that a scuffle broke out between Craig & Grant.
The family called the police after the former swimming champion disappeared. His Father Neville issued a public call for help to find his son, saying: “He’s mentally disturbed and needs urgent help”. His brother Craig who dubbed Grant as “dangerous” to the media also stated that his brother had suffered a “mental breakdown.”
Grant Hackett’s Instagram Image
Grant posted an image of himself on Instagram with a very cut black eye accusing his brother Craig of being an angry man. However it’s not clear when the photograph may have been taken as there was no eye injury when he was found and arrested last Wednesday 15th Feb 2017 on the Gold Coast.
Brother claims addiction has changed Grant Hackett
After the arrest Craig told the media, “He’s a danger to himself. He’s a danger to the community,” saying, “The Grant Hackett that Australia fell in love with, they can still have that affection towards him,” he said. “This is not Grant Hackett. This is a completely different person. I don’t know this person, my mum and dad don’t know this person. He’s there in body, but he’s not there in mind, soul or spirit.”
The former swimming champion has had previous struggles with addiction. In 2014 Hackett spent five weeks in rehab after the father of two was filmed walking around the Crown Towers in his underwear claiming to be looking for his son. Westpac dropped Hackett in 2015 after the incident. There was a drunken incident on a flight in 2016 which saw Grant Hackett being interviewed by Federal police. The incident happened ten days after Hackett failed to make the relay team headed to the Rio Olympics.
L to R – Happier times Brothers Craig Hackett & Grant Hackett
The Daily Telegraph states that Craig who is older by six years has been trying to help his brother through various addictions. Craig who works as a physiotherapist has always been the guy to talk to in the family in times of Crisis.
Unfortunately many families around Australia are being ripped apart by addictions.
Addictions
While the most common addiction types are: alcohol, gambling, computers, food and drugs, we have seen a surge in Ice addiction in recent years in this country making headlines and keeping our hospital’s emergency services busy around Australia. Ice addicts usually become violent and behaviour becomes erratic. Fuelled by drugs, the emotions of an addict can quickly change making relationships difficult and strained with everyone including family and friends. The addict is no longer fully in control but they are enslaved to their addiction.
Family interventions happen because family members want the best possible outcome for those they love.
What does the bible say about our minds?
Your soul is your mind where your emotions reside, spirit, intellect, will, emotions, conscience and so on. Jesus said, “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his own soul?”
The words of Isaiah were spoken by Jesus in Luke 4:18
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
Humans can easily lose their peace when something’s not right. If you have personal problems seek help and if you have an addiction seek the help of a qualified mental health professional who are trained to be unbiased listeners.
aifc blogs relating to addictions:
Taking A Closer Look At Addictions
Crystal Meth (ICE) Addiction Ripping Families Apart In Australia
Sources:
Daily Telegraph
The Courier Mail
News.com.au
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