Drugs and alcohol nearly cost World Series hero Scott Spiezio everything, including his life

Scott Spiezio tells Fox News Digital in a recent interview how his relationship with God evolved during his harrowing journey with alcohol and drugs. 

Scott Spiezio underwent an MRI for back pain in 2018. The results of which would seem inconsequential.

When Spiezio exited the MRI, he was yellow. He had jaundice; his liver was failing after years of battling alcoholism.

The World Series champion, who was 47 at the time, was given a 20% chance of surviving.

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Scott Spiezio #26 of the St. Louis Cardinals poses during Photo Day on Feb. 26, 2007, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. (Doug Benc/Getty Images)

Spiezio was told by doctors he had to stop drinking for six months before he could receive a liver transplant to save his life. He wasn’t sure he would be able to.

"I didn't think that I'd be able to do it. I went from a guy that never drank alcohol to thinking I don't know if I can go six months without drinking to save my own life," Spiezio said.

Scott Spiezio’s father, Ed, was a two-time World Series champion and played Major League Baseball for nine seasons.

Scott remembered his dad telling him at a young age, "You’re going to be better than me."

"As soon as he was born I knew he was going to be a ballplayer," Scott’s mother, Verna Spiezio, said in the upcoming documentary, "Spiezio."

"I was praying for a son," Ed said.

Ed said Scott was born to be a baseball player, and he made sure that would happen.

Scott was switch-hitting at age three.

The two spent days working together, trying to achieve the goal of making it to the big leagues.

Their basement was set up for Scott to do drills. Throughout his youth, every practice ended with the same situation: a 3-2 count,