Now now, Patches had to have been dry... after all, he didn't go off a bridge.
Isn't Phenergan an anti-nausea med? What would make Patches - hic - nauseous? Daddy the Swimmer surely wouldn't need that stuff.
Never underestimate the cunningness of a drinker.
"Pill addiction" is so much more acceptable than alcoholism. Claiming pill addiction could be another form of denial.
He spent long Christmas weekend in rehab at Mayo. Real rehab takes weeks, not days.
Mayo is an enormous general-purpose medical center, not a rehab clinic.
I'd be impressed if he were going to Hazelden or something comparable for a few weeks.
I think he's lying through his teeth and our dumb media-crities are falling for it.
Truth and honesty.