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>> i was a really happy go lucky kid, outgoing, had a lot of friends, played a lot of sports. >> raised in rural michigan, dana personified the all american girl. dana was not just good, she was exceptional. >> i was always a bright child, very athletic. anything i picked up i excelled at very quickly. >> looking back now, she says the punishing physical grind and pressure to succeed led to her because alcohol. >> you're playing sports six or seven days a week. that's hours long practices and tournaments, and you know, just different training sessions, weight lifting, running, everything. and ...

>> yeah, yeah, well you know i never felt that i continue do it. i knew i had to put certain dreams and goals to the side in order to take care of certain situations that were in front of me such as a five-year sentence in prison. but just to hear from coach carroll, you know, the day after exoneration and just to see that the support and the love was still there, and the opportunity to play was still there, it was all i needed to hear to keep going and keep striving for success. martha: now you've got -- you've signed with the follow cans as i said. how is the training going? what is the feed...

Basketball, and the separately we have women's basketball. there is a reason why in the olympics you have a men's decathlon and women's. the men's boxing and the women's. the men's weight lifting because if the women were to compete with the men they would not have a chance. we are not wearing chain mail and wielding battle axes but there is still an element of strength and endurance that is required. the way to deal with this, is ultimately to say you will allow those few women who can lead the stan -- meet the standard that the men do but you shouldn't lower standards. that will produce a sm...

Tournaments and just different training sessions, weig weight lifting, running, everything. it just kind of consumes your life. >> big 10 school and duke came calling offering dana full athletic scholarships but she started to rebell and chose to stay close to home. >> by the time i got close to college, i just wanted to hang out with my friends and the fun was gone and it was so serious because at that point it's all about paying for your school. >> after a shoulder injury and with her skol skal lscholarship on the line, she started to self-medicate. >> i started taking ibuprofen and that tur...

the new information is coming to light now, because lawyers for holmes are asking authorities to hand over a package that holmes had sent to his psychiatrist. this package was discovered in the university's medical campus mailroom on monday. and it included a letter that contained references to shooting people and drawings of a gunman and his victims. according to cbs news. we now know the package was addressed to dr. lynne fenton, the director of student mental health at the university of colorado. a resume posted on the university's website says fenton sees between 15 to 20 graduat...