Curt Schilling was treated for mouth cancer nearly a year ago.
On Saturday, the former Red Sox pitcher published a powerful piece in The Players’ Tribune entitled “Letter to My Younger Self.”
In the letter, Schilling warns himself about the dangers of chewing tobacco:
Dear 16-year-old Curt,
Tomorrow at lunch, a kid is going to dare you to take a dip of Copenhagen. If you say yes, like I did, you’ll be addicted for the rest of your life. Well, the rest of your life up to the point when you are diagnosed with cancer.
I get what you’re thinking. You’re 16 — you’re invincible, just like all your buddies. If you were to jump ahead 33 years, you couldn’t write a better dream than the one your life is going to be.
With one exception.
If you say yes tomorrow, you will become addicted to chewing tobacco and you will get mouth cancer.
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