Depression, Death, and Triumph, the Erik Kramer story pt. 2

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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In part two of this series, Ken Davis continues the interview with former Bears quarterback Erik Kramer as they discuss the lowest point of his life, his attempted suicide in a hotel room that should have cost his life. Later in the pod, Kramer also discusses how his ex-wife defrauded him and had him arrested. The Erik Kramer story is certainly an interesting tale, but in the end, he still continues to work in his community and is getting better every day.(1:00) - Erik Kramer on being in a hotel room with a gun ready to take his own life(15:10) - Kramer discusses how he was defrauded for thousands of dollars(26:00) - Kramer on being falsely arrested (45:30) - Kramer describes what it's like to prevent himself from going into another dark place in his headSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Other Center podcast presented by St. Xavier University.
0:07.7	Tony Gills ran in the pot, and I'm Kenneth Davis, and we're lucky enough that this is part two of our Eric Kramer interview.
0:14.8	St. Xavier University is for students who want more out of their future.
0:18.5	We pride ourselves on preparing graduates with the skills they need to succeed in life.
0:23.5	Visit xxu.edu to start plotting your path
0:26.8	to a brighter tomorrow.
0:28.6	St. Xavier University, the best in you.
0:46.1	On part two on this episode of the Eric Kramer interview, we'll dive into his attempted suicide, his betrayal by his then wife.
0:48.2	And what's next for Eric Kramer?
1:00.0	Let's get to how, unfortunately, to get to this point of the story, that you ended up in a hotel room with a weapon willing to take your own life. Like, and of course, we talked about Griffith's passing, Griffin passing, your wife and you getting to separate and getting divorced.
1:07.7	Your parents died. How, to be honest with you, I guess it's the question that I'm asking you, but being that
1:14.1	I felt like I've been depressed and fortunate enough I haven't been to that point.
1:20.1	How did you get to that point?
1:21.8	Because reading your story, and it's another thing, too, also take this as me being ignorant
1:26.7	in this conversation. I am not talking to you as if I know I'm coming to you and asking for answers. So that's how I'm positioning these questions. How is it that you know, you have Anna, you have Griffin still there. I mean, you look through. There's still a lot of people that are here for you, right?
1:45.9	And I know the answer to this, but I want, I kind of want, at least I think I know the answer,
1:50.1	but I still want to ask it so other people can get it. But you still felt so alone that
1:55.8	nobody cared or needed you to be around that taking your life was the answer.
2:04.3	I'd say there's no way to consciously talk about that or reasonably talk about that.
2:10.7	Because is anybody in their right mind ever going to make that decision?
2:17.3	No. No. And I talked about it for a while as though, no, no, ever going to make that decision no no and i talked about it for a while
2:20.2	as though no no i meant to do this and people like anna and they kept calling an accident i'm like it
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