I am NEVER driving with the Kennedys!

[FormerUser]

Pahdrig has suddenly announced his addiction to painkillers and will immediately be entering rehab.BULLSH!T!!!

He's never done a physical thing in his life.He needs a little dose of reality...PATRICK YOU'RE A FALLING DOWN DRUNK!By virtue of the business I'm in and the people I've met I know this to be absolutely true.He needs to step up to the plate and tell the truth and admit he's a complete alcoholic with no excuses whatsoever.

I don't care what party you belong too there's no defending what happened.The truth is Patrick Kennedy is a hardcore alcoholic plain and simple.

[Young Salt]

take it easy on him guys, it's not like he beat a teenage girl to death with a golf club.

[spence]

Well, in his defence...it can't be easy to stand up in front of the entire Country and admit an addiction...even if you're a Kennedy.

I'd like to see the Dem party find a replacement for his district, the guy doesn't doesn't offer much...and it's not like he needs to even work

-spence

[FormerUser]

Originally Posted by spence

Well, in his defence...it can't be easy to stand up in front of the entire Country and admit an addiction...even if you're a Kennedy.

-spence

But that's the problem Spence he didn't admit to an addiction to alcohol.He doesn't have an addiction to painkillers his addiction is alcohol.Lies and denial are what the addict are all about.As long as he continues to lie even if that means admitting he has an addiction to painkillers this lie will allow him to continue with his real addiction which is alcohol.

Btw this is not a violation of my New Year's resolution about no longer getting involved in political or religious threads.This response is about one thing and one thing only:addiction.

[spence]

I'd wager he has an addiction to both.

-spence

[vineyardblues]

F.Y.I
I like Teddy and the whole clan...
It's not easy , and they are givers and not takers!
Tuff life

VB

[Raven]

that ambienCR makes ya do weird things
sleep driving is one of them

whether he had taken some is another question.

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by vineyardblues

F.Y.I
I like Teddy and the whole clan...
It's not easy , and they are givers and not takers!
Tuff life

VB

Thanks VB, they are givers. Rose taught them to remember from whence they came.
Concerning addiction, some family lines and even Races have predispositions toward addiction. The sterotypes do contain a grain of truth. The Irish are portrayed as drunk because of a predisposition in their Country toward achoholism. Not all but enough to be used by racist( if that's the correct term) against them.Some Asians are missing an enzyme that metabolizes alcohol. They get stinko cheapo.
Now on admission of addiction; admission of any imperfection is difficult. Just look at any Flame War in any forum on the 'net and it usually starts with an accusation of imperfection and is replied with a screaming denial. We do that privately to ourselves every day. Something, anything ,that you do that doesn't measure up but is passable is denial. Denial is the hardest thing to see when it's your own. Addiction to anything is a Demon, God bless anyone who sees their Demon and strives to defeat it. Doubly Bless those who look for them inside before anything awful happens. Just my 2 cents