An earlier article that brought up the possibility of Bush drinking again

[Quixote1818]

OK, I know this is capitol hill blue but it's possible that they were on to something here?

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_7267.shtml

Snip:

>>>Dr. Frank, in his book, speculates that Bush, an alcoholic who brags that he gave up booze without help from groups like Alcoholics Anonymous, may be drinking again.

“Two questions that the press seems particularly determined to ignore have hung silently in the air since before Bush took office,” Dr. Frank says. “Is he still drinking? And if not, is he impaired by all the years he did spend drinking? Both questions need to be addressed in any serious assessment of his psychological state.”

Last year, Capitol Hill Blue learned the White House physician prescribed anti-depressant drugs for the President to control what aides called “violent mood swings.” As Dr. Frank also notes: “In writing about Bush's halting appearance in a press conference just before the start of the Iraq War, Washington Post media critic Tom Shales speculated that ‘the president may have been ever so slightly medicated.’”

Dr. Frank explains Bush’s behavior as all-to-typical of an alcoholic who is still in denial:

“The pattern of blame and denial, which recovering alcoholics work so hard to break, seems to be ingrained in the alcoholic personality; it's rarely limited to his or her drinking,” he says. “The habit of placing blame and denying responsibility is so prevalent in George W. Bush's personal history that it is apparently triggered by even the mildest threat.”

[ellenfl]

1. another dubius source, national inquirer reporter

was on big eddie's show (guest host today) and said that he had several sources and that there is a 1992 film clip on the 'net that shows * sh*tfaced at a wedding. supposedly laura is following him around lately to keep an eye on him. i have no doubt that he is a troubled soul . . . as well he should be.

ellen fl

[bettyellen]

2. someone who knew him wrote that * told him that the sober/ born-again

thing was his new "schtick".
you see, then all is forgiven.... he was a lousy shit of a loser coke head alkie.
but just maybe he is. the enquirer is very careful these days about libel, you know, it's a different rag these days.
:D

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

3. During the 2000 campaign, * was asked about being an alcoholic

who had been able to overcome his problem thru religion. He bristled, "I am NOT an alcoholic!"

No one in his family calls him an alcoholic; he is someone who had "a drinking problem" when he was younger.

Denial is not only a river in Egypt.