Anderson and alcohol

[Theresa Lee <tjoyce@mit.edu>]

It's interesting that on the RP show this week, alcohol and its use and
misuse was the topic. As has already been reported, many of the key players
don't even drink. That would set KA apart if he does have a problem. I'm
skeptical, however.

I would think it would be hard to have a drinking problem and maintain a
high level of play in the NBA, but then Charles Barkley has done that. Hey,
he did recently admit that his drinking is effecting his play. Maybe that's
why he's never won the big one.  At least on Chuck you can see it
manifested in his weight.

It always suprises me to hear that pro athletes drink and smoke the way
they do. How they do it is a mystery.

It even caught up with the Choir Boy....Keith Van Horn. The night he was
drafted, he went out drinking w/ friends - an apparrently unusual event for
the Mormon. He got back to his room late and fell asleep. His wife and
newborn baby were in the room and when he started snoring, his wife
literally kicked him out to the hall to sleep (she didn't want him waking
the baby). A security guard found him passed out in the hall in just his
boxers.

I can see doing it in the offseason, but how one could have a bad drinking
problem and perform a physical job is amazing.

Theresa