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Very candid interview, opening up about mental health and addiction. Although sad it makes me think when we were supposedly looking to sign him our board knew about what looks like an open secret in the football community.

Excellent read.

Truly talented. A lot many can relate too.

If he is clean and he is near the top of fitness, I would give him a go.

He always looked like a proper player but you could tell there was something that wasn't making him fulfill his potential.

It is a great article and hopefully speaking openly about his issues may help him overcome them.

Mental health is a serious issue and support needs to be out there for anyone, from any walk of life that suffers.

This. The only problem with stories like this, is that people only really seem to be interested in mental health when its someone of status - and these tend to be the more positive / less severe issues (and they're bad enough).

I remember a girl at school who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 14, and a few people I met through my own experiences, who were never going to be in a position where they could be talking about getting their life back on track, putting it all behind them.

Like Caulker I suffer from Clinic Depression, have had problems with addiction, and the related problems that go with it. But we are at the lucky end of the mental health spectrum, that are overlooked. They're not going to get better with some rehab and therapy, by taking a 12 step program etc.

Sometimes I worry that we only look at the 'good stories' of mental illness.

"One Nation Under God, has turned into One Nation Under the Influence of One Drug"
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