Ryan Leaf has put himself through a very hard time, and it is only now that he has grown and learned that he has come to realize that it was his immaturity that lead him to not be able to play football professionally anymore, and nothing else. A lot of this he learned after hitting rock bottom on pain killer addiction and finally checked himself into rehab. The rehab did a lot of good for him, and he came to understand why he felt that he needed the drugs as well as why he had behaved the way he used to. There is a lot more to this story though, so check out the article in the SeattleTimes.