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After leaving the game, Aspinall [[Alcoholism|turned to drink]] and picked up a [[Problem gambling|gambling addiction]].<ref name="Argus">{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/4592729.Albion_old_boy_almost_paid_with_his_life/|title=Albion old boy almost paid with his life|last=Naylor|first=Andy|date=11 September 2009|work=The Argus|accessdate=1 September 2012}}</ref> His gambling cost him around £1 million that he had earned during his long career.<ref name="Argus" /> On the verge of suicide, after narrowly avoiding [[Suicide methods#Rail|death by train]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article3889532.ece|title='I just longed for the train to hit me'|last=Alexander|first=Brian|date=8 May 2008 |work=The Times |location=UK|accessdate=12 September 2009}}</ref> saved only by last minute thoughts of his family,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/ex-blues-star-seconds-away-from-suicide-after-blowing-1m-1.102090|title=Ex-Blues star seconds away from suicide after blowing £1m|last=Story|first=Chris|date=8 May 2008|work=News & Story|accessdate=12 September 2009}}</ref> he checked himself into the [[Sporting Chance clinic]].<ref name="Argus" /> He has fronted a Samaritans campaign, "Men on the Ropes", that aims to reduce male suicides.<ref name="Samaritans">{{cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8379004.Former_Albion_star_joins_suicide_campaign_after_gambling_away___1_million/|title=Former Albion star joins suicide campaign after gambling away £1 million|last=Walker|first=Emily|date=9 September 2010|work=The Argus|accessdate=9 September 2010}}</ref>
In 2009 Aspinall was working in a [[Sainsbury's]] distribution centre in [[Basingstoke]] and scouting for [[Football League Two|League Two]] side [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]] under manager [[Micky Adams]].<ref name="Argus" /> By 2015 he was working for radio station [[BBC Sussex]] as a [[Color commentator|summariser]] for Brighton & Hove Albion matches.<ref name="Argus-13715093">{{cite news|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/13715093.The_Friday_Interview__He_almost_killed_himself_but_life_is_a_blast_now_for_Warren_Aspinall/|title=The Friday Interview: He almost killed himself but life is a blast now for Warren Aspinall|last=Naylor|first=Andy|date=11 September 2015|publisher=[[Newsquest|Newsquest Media (Southern) Ltd]]|work=[[The Argus (Brighton)|The Argus]]|accessdate=11 September 2015|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6bTPrUwxS?url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/13715093.The_Friday_Interview__He_almost_killed_himself_but_life_is_a_blast_now_for_Warren_Aspinall/?ref=mr&lp=6|archivedate=11 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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