'This time 11 months ago I was in a mental institution in my hospital room and had hit rock bottom basically. I had nothing in my pockets at all'
"This time 11 months ago I was in a mental institution in my hospital room and had hit rock bottom basically," Smith told 3AW on Friday morning.
"I have a bit of a list [of problems]. It does affect you day to day. Some days you wake up and you are just not right. You wake up in a fog while other days you wake up and feel fine."I haven't been very responsible. Some days I would ring up [work] and say 'I just can't get out of bed' and that's not good for an employer as they want reliable staff.
The payout and the recognition from an insurer that concussion-related damages are real is something Smith hopes will force the AFL to further change how it manages its players after they are concussed. He is also concerned about footballers at junior and lower levels who could be suffering from similar head knocks."It makes concussion real," Smith said. "People think 'Oh yeah, you get knocked out, you take a week off and you are all right' but it's extremely accumulative and eventually it catches up with you.
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