Florida: Socialist-Democrat Ex Gov Candidate Andrew Gillum entering a rehab facility – IOTW Report

Florida: Socialist-Democrat Ex Gov Candidate Andrew Gillum entering a rehab facility

Former Florida candidate for governor Andrew Gillum has disclosed he’s entering a rehabilitation facility, saying he fell into alcohol abuse after losing his bid for the state’s highest office.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida candidate for governor Andrew Gillum disclosed Sunday that he is entering a rehabilitation facility, saying he had fallen into a depression and alcohol abuse after losing his bid for the state’s highest post.

The Democrat’s statement came days after Gillum was named in a South Florida police report Friday that said he was “inebriated” and initially unresponsive in a hotel room along with a male companion where authorities found baggies of suspected crystal methamphetamine.

Gillum, the former Tallahassee mayor who ran for governor in 2018, was not charged with any crime. The Miami Beach police report said Gillum was allowed to leave the hotel for home after he was checked out medically.

Gillum said in his statement Sunday night that he resolved to seek help after conversations with his family and deep reflection, calling the decision “a wake-up call for me.”

“Since my race for governor ended, I fell into a depression that has led to alcohol abuse,” he said, pledging to work to “heal fully and show up in the world as a more complete person.” read more

31 Comments on Florida: Socialist-Democrat Ex Gov Candidate Andrew Gillum entering a rehab facility

  1. Oh, the “Poor, poor, pitiful me” card.

    Were police on the scene for twelve hours or so? Just wondering, because when they arrived he was “unresponsive” and so out of it he couldn’t even talk, but they let him go home.

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  2. “Falling into alcohol abuse” made him want to snort meth and get naked and frisky with a well-known porn star gay male “escort”? Yeah, that’s totally believable.

    edit: @Answerman Cooper — we think alike about this, don’t we?

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  3. “Since my race for governor ended, I fell into a depression that has led to alcohol abuse,”

    ..
    And, since Trump campaigned for the other guy, that means it’s REALLY Trump’s fault because everyone KNOWS he hates Black people and gay people./s

    Adam Schiff to reopen impeachment proceedings as a result…

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  4. jellybean
    MARCH 16, 2020 AT 11:37 AM
    “He was non-responsive at first but; Narcan to the rescue, all is well then blame it on alcohol.”

    …yeah, I’m a bit ambivalent about Narcan. I saw the old, injectable form work in the field, and it did what it was supposed to do; but, it wasn’t unusal to have to go back again, sometimes the same night, for a guy that refused transport the first time.

    And I never saw one come back grateful. After they quit trying to die and got done vomiting, they were usually pissed at YOU, because YOU ended their high.

    And they worked HARD for that…

    …still, mine was not to reason why. You save what can be saved, and it’s up to God from there, ’cause ain’t no one ELSE gonna end their addiction…

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  5. “My name is Andrew Gillum and I’m a recovering cockaholic.”

    Is it a ten step program? Do you start by not eating sushi and egg white omelets, and refraining from watching Richard Simmons workout videos?

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  6. I’m a drunk.
    I’ve used narcotics since I was 13 (somewhere thereabouts ~ 54 years ago).

    BUT I HAVE NEVER PAID ANOTHER GUY TO PORK MY ASS.
    There’s (simply) no connection.

    It’s an incredible insult to the faggot community to suggest that they’re faggots because they use alcohol and/or narcotics. I submit that they use alcohol and/or narcotics because they’re faggots (bearing in mind, of course, that one may use alcohol and/or narcotics WITHOUT being a faggot).

    A pox on Gillum and the “justice” system that allows him to walk while others guilty of the same thing pine away in prison.

    izlamo delenda est …

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