Bush: Faith Helped Him Quit Drinking
BALTIMORE, Md. - President Bush on Tuesday referred to his former struggles with alcohol as an “addiction,” a blunt characterization of his less disciplined adult days before a reliance on faith help him turn his life around.
“Addiction is hard to overcome,” Bush said in speaking at a faith- based center that helps former prisoners get job training and other help.
“As you might remember, I drank too much at one time in my life,” Bush said. “I understand faith-based programs. I understand that sometimes you can find the inspiration from a higher power to solve an addiction problem.”
Increasingly, Bush has reflected in candid terms about his days of drinking. Last month, he told some young recovering addicts to stick with their fight against drugs and cited his own experiences with alcohol years ago. He said then that “addiction competes for your affection … you fall in love with alcohol.”
Bush, 61, decided to quit drinking alcohol after a boozy night in 1986 celebrating his 40th birthday. He went on to win election and re- election as Texas governor before bidding for the White House.
The president spoke Tuesday at the Jericho Program, which helps former prisoners get their lives in order and contribute to society. The stop came as Bush sought to keep some attention on his faith-based programs, one of the themes from his final State of the Union address on Monday night.
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(AP)
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People will always talk about Bush being an alcoholic. The haters will at least. He has been a great leader for this country and for the world. I think its great he uses his past experiences to try and help other people. Faith has helped alot of people overcome alot of things and thats never a bad thing
January 29th, 2008 at 11:17 amI really think he’s a great guy, and a great president. I’m confident that history will look back at him kindly.
January 29th, 2008 at 3:59 pmThink back to that day when he stood on the pile of rubble with a bullhorn and shouted out to a heckler, “Yeah, I hear you, and pretty soon, the people who did this will hear from all of us!”
Hell yeah! Write that down and take it to the bank! He kicked the Talaban,s ass, then he kicked Saddam’s ass, and now he has kicked Al Qaeda’s ass. In spite of losing control of congress to the dems, he has never lost a major fight with them, even though he is out numbered and surrounded by MSM snipers.
He is one of the straightest talking, no bull-shit Presidents we have ever had.
January 29th, 2008 at 7:31 pm