sape in A Sentence

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    I hit rock bottom after that,” Sape says.

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    After football, Sape says he was completely lost.

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    Still, even with that realization, Sape was reluctant about getting professional help.

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    Every morning, Lauvale Sape sits in his backyard next to his son's grave.

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    Unlike many pros, Sape didn't start playing football until his freshman year in high school.

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    Anything he has to do during the day, Sape and Sarah plan out in detail.

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    Sape was eligible for The Trust, so Sarah sent an email in March 2016 asking for help.

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    Still, when he put down the pigskin for good in 2011, Sape was at a loss.

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    Williams constantly checked in with Sape via email and text- she became another person Sape could talk to.

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    Every morning, Sape wakes up at 4 a.m. to check on his kids and visit Peyton outside at the gravesite.

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    The move has helped provide Sape with both calm and structure, which he believes is key to furthering his recovery.

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    Then, Sape has a routine of therapy every week and taking medication three to four times a week, all on a strict schedule.

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    Sape can be out there for hours- sometimes even sleeping in a lounge chair next to the grave, located in his wife's family cemetery.

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    About three months ago, Sape and his family moved to Maui, to get away from a hectic lifestyle in Utah and to be closer to Sarah's family.

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    Williams also assisted Sape and Sarah in finding a good therapist and doctors, including a neurologist, who could help give him a game plan in his recovery process.

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    That's what Sape did: He became“very sheltered,” his wife says, and took on way too many projects, from assistant coaching football to organizing charity events to speaking at public engagements.

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    When you come from a poor life and this is your line of work, you can't show that you're hurt because if you're hurt, you don't have a job,” Sape says.

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    After his time in the NFL was over, Sape tried to continue his professional football career in the Arena Football League(playing for the New Orleans Voodoo and Colorado Crush) and the UFL(playing for the Las Vegas Locomotives).

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    Without football- and with the physical and mental effects from his playing days creeping up on him- Sape felt like a hole had entered into his life, and he wasn't sure what he could do to fill it.

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    Sape says the combination of his abusive childhood, not playing football anymore, and a multitude of physical injuries- primarily the brain injuries that caused bad migraines, nightmares, and memory loss- contributed to severe PTSD and depression in retirement.

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