INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Colts right tackle Braden Smith felt the dark thoughts creeping back into his mind before last weekend's game.

This time, though, he won the battle.

After missing Indy's final five games last season because of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder that led him to contemplate suicide, the former Auburn lineman is thriving again now that he's learned how to cope with the condition.

“I felt very eager to prove something to myself," Smith said Wednesday. “Every day for me is really a victory because of everything that happened last year. Just being able to actually, truly enjoy life, there's kind of this power that's kind of harnessed when you're able to identify the problem. You know these things still creep in, like I remember Sunday morning some stuff crept and

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