A well known Florida politician was found a few days ago in a hotel room totally plastered and unable to speak - together with a well known male prostitute. Drugs [crystal meth, to be precise] were found in the room.
This is not a way to advance a political career....
I also wonder how he will explain this to his wife and three children.
He denies using drugs and claims that he had only had too much to drink [WHEW!! Sigh of relief. I was worried that something inappropriate happened... So happy that everything is cool. Of course I am sure that he is lying but that is besides the point].
Anyway, he says that he got into heavy drinking because of depression after he lost a political race. Understood. But how does that explain the male prostitute?? He checked himself into a rehab center. He is in the right state because Florida has more rehab centers than any other state.
A point I made in the past. He didn't start drinking as a direct result of his political loss and subsequent depression. Those were mere triggers but didn't necessitate such a reaction. He chose to drink as a reaction to his depression, which he also chose after being triggered by his political loss. [Some people don't choose depression and it is chemical. He seems to have chosen it]. There are OTHER MUCH HEALTHIER WAYS to cope. Hopefully he will learn about them in rehab.
Mussar Haskel: We are not always free to decide whether things will trigger us. They often will. Our spouse, parents and/or kids. Anxiety over the very unsure future mankind faces. Lots of stuff. We then get to choose how to react. A healthy person reacts in healthy ways.
One of my beefs [I only have beefs when I know that I won't be eating milchig for another 6 hours] with our educational system is that it teaches things we will never need to use in life [do you remember the periodic table of chemical elements or how to do trigonometry? Do you care? So I am not alone...]. But the most important skills, what is today called "emotional intelligence", are not taught. One aspect of emotional intelligence is learning how to cope with disappointment. We all experience it so it is worthwhile learning how to deal with it in the healthiest possible manner.
