Original sentence: Bush substance abuse controversy for more discussion.Many books have been written and in at least two of these, Bush is described as having symptoms visible today which indicate that he may have abused drugs and alcohol at some time in his past.See George W.There has been much discussion regarding possible drug and alcohol abuses, primarily during Bush's youth.Though Bush admitted to alcohol abuse, he only alluded to using both marijuana and cocaine in his youth
Edited sentence: "  Other professionals have expressed their disagreement with these analyses." He ascribed the change in part to a 1985 meeting with The Rev." and admitted to drinking "too much" in those years; he says that although he never joined Alcoholics Anonymous, he gave up drinking for good shortly after waking up with a hangover after his 40th birthday celebration: "I quit drinking in 1986 and haven't had a drop since then.Because I don’t want some little kid doing what I tried.Billy Graham.Bush has described his days before his religious conversion as his "nomadic" period and "irresponsible youth.Bush has said that he did not use illegal drugs at any time since 1974.Bush substance abuse controversy.For further details on these arguments, see George W.He has denied the allegation (Hatfield, 1999) that family influence was used to expunge the record of an arrest for cocaine possession in 1972, but has declined to discuss whether he used drugs before 1974.In taped recordings of a conversation with an old friend, author Doug Wead, Bush said: “I wouldn’t answer the marijuana question.Some Bush critics have suggested that his public statements and actions reflect a "classic addictive thinking pattern" common among former alcoholics , and one psychiatrist (Frank, 2004) wrote a book describing him as "an untreated ex-alcoholic with paranoid and megalomaniac tendencies.You know why.”  When Wead reminded Bush that the latter had publicly denied using cocaine, Bush replied, "I haven't denied anything