I suspect he's actively drinking from time to time, and may have found benzodiazepines, too.

That "pretzel" incident is just too, too cute. I've seen thousands of people drunk enough to fall down and hit their heads, I've never heard of a person choking on a pretzel to the point of passing out.

I mean, if you saw an alcoholic with a bruised noggin, what would you guess.

Secondly, from time to time his face is seriously flushed. Could be caused by a lot of things, I know.

Third, the behavior. The megalomania.

And I've always suspected that Katherine Harris left because he was drinking.

All suspicions. But I'd give you 2 -1 odds that he is from time to time. Runs in families, big time in his.

(Alcoholism is no sin. To not take care of it, recover, IS a sin. And just not drinking is a terrible fate. Gotta recover. Have never heard a word about GWB recovering.)

Arf