For Desormeaux, conflicting views on his struggles

[Cannon Shell]

He is a functional alcoholic who isn't quite so functional anymore.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

He is a functional alcoholic who isn't quite so functional anymore.

This.

[JDank34]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

He is a functional alcoholic who isn't quite so functional anymore.

Chuck, with all due respect, you haven't spent any time around Kent in quite a while. He's doing well and looking forward to a successful Arlington meet.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by JDank34

Chuck, with all due respect, you haven't spent any time around Kent in quite a while. He's doing well and looking forward to a successful Arlington meet.

With all due respect he is a classic functional alcoholic. Many people don't understand what that means or what the signs are but once they do it becomes painfully obvious.

http://www.urbanministry.org/wiki/functional-alcoholic

Put it this way, if he wasn't this story would have never been written. Going to Arlington Park isn't a cure, it is a symptom.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by JDank34

Chuck, with all due respect, you haven't spent any time around Kent in quite a while. He's doing well and looking forward to a successful Arlington meet.

And I don't have anything against him at all. I hope he gets his life in order and finishes his career on a good note. The truth is that his hardest days are ahead of him because he can't ride forever.