Reply #45: Dean admitted he drank too much [View All]

[mandyky]

at one time, and quit in the early 80's. Now he doesn''t even drink coffee. I don't have links but it has been mentioned in a few articles. Not sure I'd classify him as a "drunk" though.

Try googling for the article
The Unlikely Rise of Howard Dean - that may be one of the articles that mentions he quit drinking.

Yep - here it is - http://www.newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/n_8376/

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But the most revealing keepsake in this room is a collage of beer coasters, which Dean collected as an exchange student in England at age 17. It’s a memory of another life. Asked about Dean’s student hobbies, Dawson offers an amused reply: “Well, he drank.” Not anymore. “I quit drinking when I got married in 1981,” Dean says later. “I didn’t think I handled liquor well. Actually, I drank beer. I tended to misbehave. I had a hangover the next day.” He won’t elaborate but says he was never arrested for drunk driving, and there is no alcoholism in his family. “What’s funny when you’re 18 isn’t funny when you’re 30, so I just quit.”
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