Kennedy admits to drink problem

BBC ^ | 1/5/06 | BBC

[VRWCmember]

That's when I developed my drinking problem.


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[capydick]

"They say President Bush has started drinking again. Boy, he'll do anything to get Ted Kennedy's support for that Supreme Court nominee." --Jay Leno

[Physicist]

"seak" doesn't even spell-check.

It ought to. But what has cloth-milling soap to do with alcoholism?

[derllak]

No, you've got it backwards. God created the Irish to keep the whiskey from ruling the world! Bottoms up! :)

[newfrpr04]

the swmimming senator, has been pickled in the stuff for years, he likes to make Joan look bad.

[synbad600]

As a bit of an aside, am I the only one who is bothered by those who spend a good part of their lives getting drunk, high, or whatever, and then wait for applause when they finally get clean?

"Oh the struggles I've faced; my family problems blah blah blah; I was a prisoner" etc.

I know all the times I've spent getting a buzz were damn good times and even though I've now quit (just because I felt like it), I don't pretend they were anything but. And I also don't expect anyone to "congratulate" me for "admitting the errors of my ways" and being sober.

[TXBSAFH]

And beer for the Norwegians.

[MarineBrat]

-Death
-Taxes
-Kennedys drink too much

[Big Digger]

Scots are also known take a drink from time to time, if others insist on it.

[taxesareforever]

I just read yesterday about a study completed in Canada. They actually gave alcohol to 17 street bums who were considered alcoholics and then made the claim that once they got their alcoholism leveled out they were able to treat them. Three of the 17 died during this study.

[Gay State Conservative]

Scots are also known take a drink from time to time, if others insist on it.

Or,as Howie Carr often says,"he'll take a drink under extreme social pressure".

[ChadGore]

Massachusetts has a drink shortage.

[Bear_Slayer]

Maybe prosecutor will fish in his medical records, see if he has been doctor shopping to buy booze. /sarc.

[KevinB]

I know all the times I've spent getting a buzz were damn good times

That statement means you did not have a drinking problem; when bad things, like driving your car off a bridge, start happening, it has reached problem status.

[ssaftler]

Ted doesn't have a drinking problem!

I think he gets it intravenously, rather than wasting time pouring it into a glass!

[ErnBatavia]

[GSlob]

"He ... had not had a drink for two months now"
Well, THIS is his drinking problem. He should drink more than that.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

You know, it took a h*ll of a lot more bottles, but I've got a photo just like that one. Well almost, this guys has shorts on.

I can't remember that week, but I've got the pictures.

[reagan_fanatic]

[MarineBrat]