Bush Drinking Again

Pressures of Office and falling polls knock President off the wagon

by OfficialWire NewsDesk

WASHINGTON, D.C. — (OfficialWire) — 09/23/05 — According to the National Enquirer George W. Bush is sneaking shots behind his wife’s back, while many of his staff know he’s drinking again.

Enquirer reporters, Jennifer Luce and Don Gentile, quoting ’family sources’ detail how the 59-year-old president was caught by First Lady Laura downing a shot of booze at their family ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he learned of the hurricane disaster.

His worried wife yelled at him: "Stop, George."

Bush claims to have given up the drink after his 40th birthday, but according to a Washington source "The sad fact is that he has been sneaking drinks for weeks now. Laura may have only just caught him-but the word is his drinking has been going on for a while in the capital. He’s been in a pressure cooker for months."

The result is he’s taking drinks here and there, likely in private, to cope. "And now with the worst domestic crisis in his administration over Katrina, you pray his drinking doesn’t go out of control."

Substance abuse is no stranger to Bush. During the 2000 presidential campaign, there were also persistent questions about past cocaine use. Eventually Bush denied using cocaine after 1992, then quickly extended the cocaine-free period back to 1974, when he was 28.

Dr. Justin Frank, a Washington D.C. psychiatrist and author of Bush On The Couch: Inside The Mind Of The President, said: "I do think that Bush is drinking again. Alcoholics who are not in any program, like the President, have a hard time when stress gets to be great.

"I think it’s a concern that Bush disappears during times of stress. He spends so much time on his ranch. It’s very frightening."

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