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In Bankruptcy.... Has to sell his fancy home. It is so sad how he let alcohol take over his future and ruin his life. Many bad decisions and several DUI's. I wish Dr. Phil could have helped him.....hmmmm....maybe a future show?
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Not to worry, he will recover. 

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Well that's what happens when one is a drunk. Hopefully he can get his act together once and for all. I was a huge fan of his, he was my teen idol. I saw him on Steel Pier way back when. (Still have the pictures). Now he's just a disappointment.

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It's very sad.  I have always liked him.  His father died in a fire after drinking, I believe.  I hope he gets his act together before anything happens to him.  

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He may have to get to the very bottom before he really wants to get better.....he can do it. People still love him.
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He has a addiction to drinking and needs help.

 

That doesn't make him a bad person.

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@BeckiWV wrote:

It's very sad.  I have always liked him.  His father died in a fire after drinking, I believe.  I hope he gets his act together before anything happens to him.  


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In 1976 he fell asleep smoking while on the couch and that's how the fire started- so very sad

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Being prone to addiction is thought to be hereditary.  The person has no control over it.  That's why it's called addiction.  I think It's more like a sickness than a character flaw.  So sad.  I sure hope he has family who will see that he gets help!

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Some do not seem to realize alcoholism is a disease.  David Cassidy's father was bipolar and an alcoholic. My mother suffered from manic depression and was an alcoholic and I know how easy it would be for me to "overdrink".

 

Unfortunately many teen idols have followed a similar path. 

 

I have nothing but empathy for him and his family.

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Disease it may be.....but the way to cure this disease is to not drink. Hard to do....yes. But if that is the cure.....then you must do it- get help, go to recovery whatever it takes to stop drinking. He has to want to stop. It seems he is not quite to his bottom yet.