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Of course there were problems with his drinking he apparently is an alcoholic or he would not feel the need to totally abstain from alcohol. In Midland, Bob Evans invited him to a prayer meeting and they formed a strong friendship. Evans also is an reformed alcoholic. How we handle a problem is the determining factor - not what the problem was.

How we handle a problem is the determining factor - not what the problem was.

I totally agree with this, and I have no problem with whether or not GWB was or was not a heavy drinker years ago.

However, all I have heard supposedly "proving" GWB was a heavy drinker is circumstantial. Let me give you an example from my own life....my brother and his wife used to drink fairly regularly, but didn't abuse alcohol. They did this for years, and then at a certain point in their lives they decided to stop drinking altogether. They are not alcoholics at all, but they decided their health and their lives would be better without it and so decided to stop drinking. Using the fact that GWB quit drinking altogether is nowhere near enough to prove the case being made here.

My concern is that people know the truth, particularly when it comes to talking about other people. The issue of alcoholism or drinking in and of itself is not an issue for me. ;) But the question of the truth of a story being circulated about someone is very important. I have seen so many hatchet jobs done on people by the media that I am automatically skeptical when stories are circulated like this that have not come from the person themselves and has sketchy or in some cases completely false "evidence."

With that, I think I'll let the matter rest, because I feel uncomfortable talking about the President this way in the first place. I do appreciate your comments, particularly with your comment about the importance of how one handles a problem like this, but I'm still not convinced that the "heavy drinking" story is true... ;)

-penny

I agree. My mother-in-law married an alcoholic and had an alcoholic brother. She took the fact that he totally abstains (he drank 7-Up at the Vicente Fox State Dinner!) that he was truly an alcoholic and is fearful of that temptation.

It certainly is to be admired and respected that he quit so completely the way he did (cold turkey).