was at night. he was an athlete. he ran every single day. i just knew he would like himself better if he quit. and there were a number of things that happened. we met billy graham the summer before in maine. and then some midland men started a bible study that he started going to. his dad was thinking about running for president. and all of those things really worked to make george see that he didn t want to keep drinking. larry: weren t there some bad nights, though? well, there were bad nights, but not, you know really. larry: you never wanted to split? no, no, i never wanted to split. we don t have divorce in our dna. larry: how did he stop? he just stopped. we went to the broadmoor for our 40th birthday parties. all of us were turning 40 that year of our friends. i used to joke that he got the bar bill, and that s when he stopped. but i think there was really nothing different from that weekend from other weekends. we traveled with people and had a lot to drink.
it wasn t just one time. we had talked about it for a while, then we went to the broadmoor for our 40th birthday party. it was our birthday as well as a lot of our friends who were with us. all of us were turning 40 that year. i said he got the bar bill and decided to quit drinking. a lot of things met up with it. he met with billy graham before when billy graham was visiting the bushes. he started with a bible study class with don evans and other friends of ours in midland. our girls were 4 and his dad was thinking about running for president. there were a lot of things that made it easier i think for him to stop all at once than it is for a lot of people. you were hard on him. it was but i certainly wasn t going to leave him and i wasn t
drunken weekend. it was no different from any other weekend. you heard the same toast over and over. good morning. then george just woke up and knew he wanted to quit and he stopped. and he was able to stop. are you all right there? i can t go on like this. through. through what? drinking. i quit drinking in 86. reporter: george bush goes cold turkey on wild turkey. laura bush says she never delivered an ultimatum. that she never said the line it is jim beam or me. i joked he quit because he got the bar bill. george bush may have stopped but the jokes didn t. there are rumors bush is drinking again. i thank the leaders. reporter: taking shots at a
then george just woke up and knew he wanted to quit, and he stopped. and he was able to stop. are you all right there? i can t go on like this. through. through what? drinking. i quit drinking in 86. reporter: george bush goes cold turkey on wild turkey. laura bush says she never delivered an ultimatum, that she never said the line sometimes attributed to her, it s either jim beam or me. i ve joked that george quit the next day because he got the bar bill. george bush may have stopped, but the jokes didn t. there are rumors in this country that president bush is drinking again. i thank the leaders. i called them on the phone. reporter: taking shots at a guy no longer drinking shots. strategizing. reporter: jeanne moos, cnn. new york.
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