{"id":60171,"date":"2020-09-04T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-economic-adviser-larry-kudlow-opens-up-about-battle-with-addiction\/"},"modified":"2020-09-04T05:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T02:30:00","slug":"white-house-economic-adviser-larry-kudlow-opens-up-about-battle-with-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-economic-adviser-larry-kudlow-opens-up-about-battle-with-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"#White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow opens up about battle with addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow opens up about battle with addiction<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        September 3, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 10:30pm            <\/p>\n<div id=\"featured-image-wrapper\">\n                        Enlarge Image<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Larry Kudlow\" id=\"standard-article-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/kudlow.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=618&#038;h=410&#038;crop=1\" ><\/img><br \/>\n                <span>Larry Kudlow attends an event to mark National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the White House today.<\/span><br \/>\n                            <span>Getty Images<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n                        White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow opened up about his battle with alcohol and drug addiction during an event hosted by First Lady Melania Trump on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Kudlow, 73, said it would have been \u201cunthinkable\u201d for him to occupy his current position 25 years ago, when he left his job as a Bear Stearns financial analyst and entered a 12-step program to deal with his dependence on booze and cocaine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was a hopeless abuser of alcohol and drugs. I had tried several times unsuccessfully to get sober,\u201d Kudlow said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a lot of my peers and friends, I went through bloody hell and suffered significant consequences. I was unemployable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kudlow said that \u201cby the grace of God\u201d his wife Judith did not divorce him, and he was eventually able to get sober.<\/p>\n<p>He celebrated 25 years of sobriety this June.<\/p>\n<p>The former TV financial <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> host made the remarks during a roundtable held at the White House as part of National Recovery Month.<\/p>\n<p><span><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vi9Oq7aV9N8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" title=\"Video\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He said he still speaks to his friends from Alcoholics Anonymous and says his meditations and serenity prayer daily.<\/p>\n<p>Now the director of the US National Economic Recovery Council, Kudlow delivered words of encouragement to those still struggling with addiction.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can get sober, you can stay sober, you can lead a productive life.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/03\/white-house-adviser-larry-kudlow-talks-battle-with-addiction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow opens up about battle with addiction&#8221; September 3, 2020 | 10:30pm Enlarge Image Larry Kudlow attends an event to mark National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the White House today. 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