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Larry Kudlow opens up about battle with addiction
NY Post ^ | September 3, 2020 | 10:30pm | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 09/03/2020 10:35:16 PM PDT by conservative98

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow opened up about his battle with alcohol and drug addiction during an event hosted by First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday.

Kudlow, 73, said it would have been “unthinkable” for him to occupy his current position 25 years ago, when he left his job as a Bear Stearns financial analyst and entered a 12-step program to deal with his dependence on booze and cocaine.

“I was a hopeless abuser of alcohol and drugs. I had tried several times unsuccessfully to get sober,” Kudlow said.

“Like a lot of my peers and friends, I went through bloody hell and suffered significant consequences. I was unemployable.”

Kudlow said that “by the grace of God” his wife Judith did not divorce him, and he was eventually able to get sober.

He celebrated 25 years of sobriety this June.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: addiction; alcoholism; christian; cocaine; drugs; kudlow; larrykudlow; malach; malachtroll; melania; recoverymonth; redemption; trump
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To: malach
> Judaism is a much tougher religion.

Well, it depends on the denomination, and Kudlow seems to be a former Reform Judaism type...

21 posted on 09/03/2020 11:23:37 PM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LEFTISTS RUIN EVERYTHING)
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To: malach

Your comments are simply disingenuous.


22 posted on 09/03/2020 11:25:29 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!)
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To: jocon307

wow.

Here’s a 1995 article on it: ECONOMIST KUDLOW ON A ‘COCAINE BINGE,’ WIFE SAYS
By News wire services Jul 4, 1995

Court documents say Kudlow has become so desperate that he recently took $60,000 from his Individual Retirement Account at Bear Stearns, according to the New York Post and Wall Street Journal.

Mrs. Kudlow said her husband’s drug counselor thinks he “will probably overdose or die of a heart attack” if he has access to the money at Bear Stearns.

Supreme Court Judge David Saxe set a hearing for July 12 on the suit, which seeks to bar Kudlow and Bear Stearns from touching the money left in his IRA account. The amount was not specified.

Judith Kudlow said she wants to sell both of their Manhattan residences to pay for treatment of his cocaine habit and to pay off $150,000 of debts accumulated because of his addiction.

https://buffalonews.com/news/economist-kudlow-on-a-cocaine-binge-wife-says/article_53c3d99f-a9e1-5bb2-9fa0-26c032858bd3.html

More on the recent story:

Kudlow tells emotional recovery story at White House event: ‘I was a hopeless abuser of alcohol and drugs’
Kudlow said that he celebrated 25 years sober in July

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/kudlow-addiction-recovery


23 posted on 09/03/2020 11:26:03 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98
Larry apparently didn't get the message about anonymity at the level of press, radio and films.
24 posted on 09/03/2020 11:28:28 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: conservative98
I didn’t know this about Kudlow. Props to him; a good life and family redeemed. 😀🎇😀
25 posted on 09/03/2020 11:30:28 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: malach

Man, you are one heartless bastard!


26 posted on 09/03/2020 11:39:54 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you.)
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To: malach

GEEZE bet you are extremely low in the friend department low if any at all!!! GOOD GRIEF!!


27 posted on 09/03/2020 11:49:07 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: conservative98

Redemption is available


28 posted on 09/04/2020 12:02:10 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: malach

Good grief! Get over it. The man became a Christian. That’s apparently what’s really eating at you. One day, whether you like it or not, you will realize that Yeshua is the Messiah. I hope you believe in Him sooner rather than later, because, “Every knee shall bow, and every tongue confess, that Jesus Christ is LORD to the glory of God the Father” Philippians 2:11. (The devils believe, and tremble -— James 2:19).


29 posted on 09/04/2020 12:02:24 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: conservative98

Rehab is for quitters.


30 posted on 09/04/2020 12:03:10 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Voltaire: "Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool".)
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To: SecondAmendment

Reform Judaism starts their prayers with “To whom it may concern”.

CC


31 posted on 09/04/2020 1:30:36 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: malach

the point is it may help other people-so many in the financial markets are coke heads because of the stimulant it gives


32 posted on 09/04/2020 1:41:55 AM PDT by TECTopcat (e)
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To: Veggie Todd

I see what you did there. :)

Good for Larry.


33 posted on 09/04/2020 1:45:46 AM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Your comments are simply disingenuous.


I agree but lets all take it easy on him, he’s probably hitting the booze even as we speak. Dry out, or dry up kid. We’ll all start praying for you.


34 posted on 09/04/2020 1:50:35 AM PDT by centermass_socrates (Keep it clean, keep it loaded, and keep it handy..)
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To: malach
Not really, for both it depends on if u really practicing , for most self identified Jews, its way easier and the Democratic party is followed more closely, (and same for about 1/2 Catholics) Jews routinely vote Dems , (78% voted for Obama and 71% for Clinton), even going along with condemning Israel-go figure .For these it seems its just a social identity or club. Maybe celebrated at weddings but that's about it
35 posted on 09/04/2020 1:56:28 AM PDT by TECTopcat (e)
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To: conservative98

Of course he did. It was a WH Recovery Month event. I’ve heard his story before. It is not new.


36 posted on 09/04/2020 2:13:37 AM PDT by jimfree (My19 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: gcparent

I was surprised at his story. Not just surprised but thrilled. My son is 6 months clean and climbing up from the hole. What an example this man is.


37 posted on 09/04/2020 2:35:27 AM PDT by pnut22
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To: conservative98

Good for Larry. I admire people like him who fight thru addiction and then lead by example. I feel the same about obesity. When I see someone who is overweight walking or jogging, I quietly cheer them on.


38 posted on 09/04/2020 3:47:27 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: malach

Hay malach or whatever you call yourself — why don’t you STFU! Just shut your pie hole if you can’t acknowledge Mr. Kudlow is a decent human being. Otherwise you seem like a person/s


39 posted on 09/04/2020 4:28:59 AM PDT by submarine571
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To: submarine571

See how I acknowledged your beingness?


40 posted on 09/04/2020 4:37:17 AM PDT by submarine571
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