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Darryl Strawberry conquered major-league pitching and even colon cancer, for heaven’s sake. Why can’t he conquer drug addiction? The answer might be deceptively simple. An addict doesn’t conquer his problem. He must surrender to it. The addict must admit he is powerless over the source of his addiction. It might be that the very qualities that spurred Strawberry as an athlete actually work against his recovery from addiction by preventing him from conceding defeat, from admitting to himself that the addiction is stronger than he is. Or, Strawberry might just be an arrogant jerk who doesn’t think he has to follow the rules lesser mortals follow. Whichever it is, it’s time he figured it out.