A Wall St. Star's Agonizing Confession (Larry Kudlow's drugs and alcohol confession)

[spiritual_gunfighter]

If Kudlow runs, I wonder how many minutes it will take for this to be a central issue? A former member of the SDS and cocaine addicts usually don't get elected dog catcher much less to the Senate.

A Wall St. Star's Agonizing Confession
By SYLVIA NASAR with ALISON LEIGH COWAN
Published: April 3, 1994



Larry Kudlow seemed a master of the universe. Being a top Wall Street economist was not the half of it. Mr. Kudlow had been a prominent member of President Reagan's economic team. He helped conceive and fight for the tax-cut proposal that helped Christine Todd Whitman become Governor of New Jersey. One of the nation's most articulate and charismatic commentators on financial issues, he has become the economic guru of Jack Kemp and of the conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, as well as a regular on television interview programs and a speaker commanding hefty fees. He even starred in Cadillac ads.

To hear some leading Republicans, the 46-year-old Mr. Kudlow has nowhere to go but up. They consider him a hot political property, a potential challenger for the Senate seat of Daniel Patrick Moynihan in New York or, should a right-leaning Republican like Mr. Kemp win the White House in 1996, a shoo-in for a Cabinet position. John Sweeney, executive director of the New York State Republican Committee, last week called him "one of the brightest stars."

But last week, in an interview, Larry Kudlow had a confession to make: behind the polished facade lived a troubled and deeply unhappy man who has been battling an addiction to drugs and alcohol.

Swiveling in his chair in the offices of his new employer, National Review magazine, Mr. Kudlow lighted yet another Merit Ultra Light and began an explanation that many others would not summon the courage to make: Fifteen months ago he took a four-week medical leave of absence from his Wall Street firm, Bear Stearns.

"I went into drug rehab," Mr. Kudlow said, deciding to discuss his problem after being told he was the subject of a profile. "I had an alcohol and substance-abuse problem that needed to be taken care of."

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/03/business/a-wall-st-star-s-agonizing-confession.html?pagewanted=1

[Mari333]

1. Pursuing money does not bode well for one's soul

I saw my brother, who is only 40 something, pursue it. It took it's toll as he lived a type A life, until his heart almost collapsed one day from exhaustion. he ended up with triple bypass surgery.
What a wake up call that was.
And all for money, or the pursuit of it. His job was a banker, and even on a small level it zapped him.
Now he has downsized to an easier position and is much happier. He needed a wake up call about what is important.
Dont let these guys at the top fool you..they are some of the unhappiest people out there.
I guess I am lucky. I know what is important.
I think pursuing huge hoards of money is a sign of someone who is terrified of their own 'death'. I honestly do.
They think hoards of money is a security blanket.
How much is enough?
If you really adore and love yourself, you dont need that much.

[bridgit]

2. Never cared for Kudlow, just another condescending, rabid republican corporatist dog...

[marmar]

3. He's an asshole and an idiot......

...... or as Republicans say, the perfect candidate.

[KharmaTrain]

4. Not Much Has Changed Since 1994...

He's still an asshole. Seems his addiction now is all out greed. I've known people like that...at an earlier age take to booze and drugs and when they "clean up" they turn the same compulsions toward money...their new drug. Like a junkie, they don't care how they get it and can never have enough.

[spiritual_gunfighter]

5. I am just wondering

if Sarah Palin is going to campaign with a fmr. domestic terrorist like Kudlow.

[KharmaTrain]

6. Newscrap Is Now Her PR Agent...

She's a paid grifter...err "contributor" on Faux Noise and now she gets a ghostwritten piece in the WSJ. She doesn't need Kudlow...she'll glam onto Rudeeee and visa versa...