Why has he chosen an attitude of “my way or the highway” towards all who disagree with or oppose his policies? What was the nature of his obsession with Saddam Hussein?  Why did he skewer the truth to fit the need of this obsession and lead the United States to a war that could have been avoided?

 

Is he a pawn of a right wing imperial cartel? Or is he just simply not very smart; just in over his head; the beneficiary of his patriarch father’s brokering?  Or has he truly been inspired by a word from God to lead the United States and the world to a new World Order?

 

We, the authors, have come to a more simple, yet complex reason as noted in the articles attached below.  We forward these works so that you may draw your own conclusions and we ask that you use or forward it to all those you think may wish to do the same.
The Authors.

After extensive research, drawing on biographical records, speeches, public appearances, and other reliable sources and means of inquiry, it is my conclusion as well as Michael Bisbort and Dr. Katherine van Wormer that George W. Bush, the President and Commander in Chief of the United States of America, has all the characteristics of what is known in popular alcoholic recovery parlance as the “Dry Drunk Syndrome.”
 

This is our conclusion, not our political or partisan "opinion." It is based upon medical, behavioral, physical, psychological empirical evidence which we will document in this book, The Dry Drunk, Alcoholism and George W. Bush. We will also explain why we have reached this conclusion, as well as present our findings. Finally, we will explain why our findings present a clear and present danger for the nation and the rest of the world.
 

We the authors, unknown to each other two years ago, arrived at this same conclusion separately. Our writings on this subject, which appeared in the Irish Times, In These Times, CounterPunch, and the American Politics Journal, collectively reached millions of people around the world and generated unprecedented feedback, as well as television and radio appearances. One Web site, for example, registered two million “hits” on Dr. Van Wormer’s original article, “Addiction, Brain Damage and the President. It was obvious to us that our message resonated with people beyond all expectations. It was, therefore, obvious to us that we should combine our three disparate perspectives—and unanimous conclusions—in the form of a book that would offer readers a readable synthesis of our findings.  
 

Throughout his adolescence, college and post-graduate years, George W. Bush was known for his less than serious approach to life and his lack of ambition to live up to his august family name. Despite gaining entrance to some of the finest private schools in the country, he made lousy grades and has been described by those who knew him as “fun-loving,” a “party boy” and “the life of the party.” It is now known, from all available accounts that George W. Bush screwed up publicly, royally and regularly, as a rebuke to the family name.
 

All of this stopped, however, when it became obvious he had a political career ahead of him. At that point, one of the most sophisticated act of revisionist history since the Soviet Union took place in America—as the public record of George W. Bush's many misdeeds were expunged, went missing, were hidden in presidential lock boxes and secure facilities, kept out of reach of public scrutiny. Despite this intense campaign, orchestrated by a former head of the CIA and U.S. President (his father) and the family's many rich and powerful minions, we do know about at least two DUI's, some cocaine use, an abortion, AWOL (perhaps even desertion), bankruptcy, crooked deals with Middle Eastern oil barons and shady real estate transactions that accompanied his part ownership of a Major League Baseball franchise.

 

What we don't know about George W. Bush's past, and probably never will fully know, would probably fill a separate rap sheet.
 

Though the people who see George W. Bush as a great, even a God-chosen, leader will disagree, our book is not written as a means to itemize a fallible human's mistakes for ridicule or to score political points. It is to point to something much deeper about George W. Bush—something residing at the very core of his being—and to warn our nation about it. Thus, the application of the "dry drunk" term, one that is not issued lightly or flippantly.
 

The term "dry drunk" is a commonly used, slang-like expression for a phenomenon well known to the recovering alcoholic community and treatment professionals. The dry drunk no longer drinks, yet his or her thinking is clouded in certain respects from years of drinking (and use of other drugs). Although the phenomenon has been observed and reported at least over the last century, the physiological basis has only been known in recent years. Thanks to advanced technologies such as the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI's), scientists can now see the brain at work and also measure brain damage. The addicted brain, as the former head of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has said, is a changed brain. There is also evidence that through hard cognitive work, the brain can heal itself. Thus many recovering alcoholics have a new lease on life, they become "weller than well."  Many others are dry but they are not truly sober, because there are flaws in their thinking; their behavior goes to extremes.
 

This work, through an assessment of his publicly uttered and widely reported words and deeds, argues that George W. Bush displays the classic pattern of the dry drunk--the black and white thinking, the rigidity, self-will run riot, defiance for those who oppose him and denial of facts presented to him. Our case is bolstered not only by this analysis of the facts of Bush's biography but also by insights provided in the wealth of letters, responses to the original four articles, that came from all over the country, indeed, the world, and from persons in numerous occupations including substance abuse counseling and psychology, persons with or without personal experience with addiction.

The authors know from firsthand experience that the havoc that can be wreaked on family, friends and communities by an active, or dry, drunk can no longer remain quiet. We have never lost sight of the fact that George W. Bush has the fate of all of us—Americans and a good argument could be made for the rest of the world—in his shaky hands. Millions of Americans have been touched, in some way, by the national scourge of alcoholism and the behaviors and symptoms are nearly identical to those brought to the floor of almost every Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, or group therapy session, on a daily basis.

After more than 20 years of heavy drinking and other substance abuse, George W. Bush has claimed to be "cured" of the compulsion to drink by prayer. While we would like to take him at his word, we are familiar enough with the pathological symptoms of the disease of alcoholism and that of alcoholics, (the primary victim-actors of this disease, whether wet or dry), to recognize nearly every one of those symptoms in his own behavior and actions since taking the Oath of Office at the 43rd President of the United States. We will document precisely those symptoms and related actions and show how they have put his nation in harm's way.
 

If our readers can think of it no other way, we recommend that they think of it like this (and we suggest that this text be included on the dust cover of the book): You are sitting in the backseat of a car being driven twice the speed limit-in the wrong direction-by someone whose mental faculties and reflexes are impaired. Think of what you would do, as a responsible adult, in that situation. You would, of course, ask the driver to pull over and get someone else to drive the car. And when you reached your destination, you would get that person the help they need.
 

Or think of yourself as a member of the Board of Directors and the Chairperson of the Board begins to institute a policy of “my way or the highway” or “you are either with me or against me.” The results of which attitudes and behaviors are driving the company into bankruptcy and causing an unacceptable number of job related injuries and death and the outspoken disdain of the international marketplace.
 

The obvious action is that you would minimally refer the Chairperson to Human Relations for a mental health examination, or terminate his or her employment with the company. That is the situation America is in right now.

 

We request that you read and share with those that you believe will respond to the issue raised.

Dry Drunk: Is Bush making a cry for help?

Addiction, Brain Damage and the President

George W. Bush and alcoholism

Why does George Bush think and act the way he does?

George W. Bush, alcoholism, and the dry drunk syndrome

Here is a link to my articles as well as those of Dr. vanWormer and Mr. Brisbort.