According to ESPN and DAL Morning New, Josh Hamilton has relapsed by drinking alcohol at a bar.

Sorry to hear this. May His Higher Power help him.

Wow, he keeps it up he'll work his way out of that heavy contract he would have received. Who are we kidding, someone will still give him an assload of money.

 

Hopefully he can get his life back together......again.

He's not too bright

How much did he drink, though, is the question. I wouldn't consider it a "relapse" if he just had one or two beers.

Pretty much when your rehabing from something, any amount is a relapse whether it's alcohol, weed or crack or any other drug.

 

Technically.

'Technically'. I hope the media isn't blowing it out of proportion, because that could really arguably do even more damage.

He was apparently seen at a bar with Ian Kinsler.

He was apparently seen at a bar with Ian Kinsler.

 

After reading this article, Ian was trying to get Hamilton to go back to his house.

 

http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/02/source-rangers-josh-hamilton-h.html

Boy, oh boy.

 

From what I understand, just 1 drink is enough to trigger the alcoholism, thus requiring rehabilitation. Maybe it'd be less intense, but what little I know suggests it's a bigger deal, for him personally and psychologically than just a drink or two, even if that's all he had.

He had to have already been drinking heavily to be stupid enough to drink at a bar.... in Texas.

Come on, Josh, God is forgiving and is allways there for you. Humanity will drop you like a hot potato when they think you've blew it! Get it together!

FWIW

 

 

 

Josh Hamilton, Inside Scoop From 8 People

 

February 3rd, 2012 Mike Dyce

 

 

I personally know 8 people who were there and I have talked to 6 eyewitnesses in depth of the events of that evening.

I’ve heard various different versions of the story some that match up, the one conflicting report I’ve heard is whether or not he was drinking. Some have said that he was drinking, some have said that their were “4 domestic beers� on the tab that can’t be attributed to any of the allegedly 3 people that were there. I’ve also had 2 different people, including one who was not drinking and sober that night indicate that Josh only drank orange juice.

Still, if he remained sober and didn’t drink, he shouldn’t be putting himself in such a risky situation with so much to jeopardize, for instance the large multi-year contract extension Hamilton and the Rangers were hoping to work out before spring training. It seems confirmed that regardless of whether he drank or not, Josh did not drive.

Allegedly some kind of picture was taken that would compromise Josh Hamilton in some nature, and the owner of this photo allegedly tried to blackmail the Rangers or Josh Hamilton.

All the questions about whether Ian Kinsler and Josh Hamilton came together or not seemed to be answered. I was told that Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler were having dinner at a different establishment and were being “hounded� and then elected to leave and go to Sherlock’s to continue having an evening together in a more private setting, removed from fans.

Josh while there supposedly also acknowledged to his waitress that he was an alcoholic and recovering drug addict. This is in sharp contrast to those who say Josh had a moment of weakness and called Ian Kinsler to reach out to him, who then came to try and remove Hamilton from the situation and “save him from himself.�

Another incident occurred that all parties I’ve talked to confirm with almost identical stories, and this is probably more the focus of the story as details continue to come out.

The second incident in question is that Josh Hamilton went to a bathroom with a woman for 8-10 minutes while an off-duty manager blocked people from coming in. I was told by everyone I talked to that this happened, and that it was consensual. He then supposedly ran out of the bathroom, onto the patio and hurdled the fence. When he hurdled the fence multiple witnesses told me that he hit his knee on the iron fence surrounding the patio area. No one was specified which knee it was. He then got in an SUV and left.

If Josh Hamilton did not drink, and this second incident becomes the focus of the story, this will be damaging to his reputation and image but might not be quite the worrisome situation that drinking would be. It definitely would be less damaging to his career as a Major League Baseball player and his new contract on the horizon.

I'm watching his press conference online, and he admitted that he drank too much that night. He was with Ian Kinsler for part of the night, but Ian didn't know he was drinking. Hamilton said that he was very "sneaky" about it. Basically, he screwed up, and he's very sorry for it. That was the gist of it.

Good for him to come out and nip the Speculating in the bud.

I don't see why he apologized... its his health.

 

 

Hes trying to keep his value up.

I don't see why he apologized... its his health.

 

 

dunno, personally I would never watch him on the teeeveee ever again unless he came to my house and apologized for that beer. and also did my laundry.

Josh needs to stop screwing up so much. Maybe the pressue of losing back to back World Series? In any case, i still am a fan.