Donald Trump Explains Why He’s Always Stayed Sober
By Movieguide® Contributor
Former President Donald Trump explained how his older brother’s crazy lifestyle encouraged him to stay away from drugs, smoking and alcohol.
“I had a great older brother who taught me a lesson. ‘Don’t drink’ he said, ‘don’t smoke.’ He smoked and he drank,” Trump told Theo Von’s “This Past Weekend” podcast. “He was a great guy, he was a very handsome guy, he was older, quite a bit older, and he had a problem with alcohol and smok[ing].”
Trump’s brother, Fred Jr., however, knew this lifestyle was a problem. Though he was unable to get himself out of it, he urged Trump to not become a slave to it.
“I was amazed because he had so much going; he had everything going, I think. It probably happened in college at a fraternity maybe, or, I don’t know, somewhere along the line it happened and all of a sudden — you know this is not unique, this is a very common story unfortunately — but then the family would see it and start to notice it,” Trump explained. “And it didn’t get any better.”
“But it was very important for him to convey to me not to have this problem,” he added. “And I couldn’t have been successful if I had that problem. And I think maybe I’m a personality type where I could have had the problem if I drank.”
Ultimately Fred Jr. was unable to find freedom from this addiction and died at the age of 42 from a heart attack induced by his alcohol use.
“The reason it’s good to talk about this is it might help other people,” Trump said. “If it helps one person, it’s worth a conversation.”
Trump’s advice is for people to never start drinking, smoking or doing drugs. If their body never gets used to the feeling of taking these substances, then they will never have a chance to get addicted to them.
“I’m not a drinker,” he said in 2018. “I can honestly say I never had a beer in my life.”
“If you don’t drink, you don’t miss it,” he told Von. “I mean, I don’t even think about alcohol or about cigarettes,” he added. “I don’t think about any of that. If you don’t take drugs or if you don’t have alcohol, it’s real easy not to drink.”
He’s urged his children to avoid substances as well, saying, “I’ve been very tough on my children with respect to drink.”
It is encouraging to have such a strong leader be open about their sobriety and encourage others to stay away from destructive substances.
Movieguide® previously reported about Trump:
Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is praising God for saving his life after he was shot during an assassination attempt at a campaign event Saturday.
“Thank you to everyone for your thoughts and prayers yesterday, as it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening,” Trump wrote Sunday morning. “We will FEAR NOT, but instead remain resilient in our Faith and Defiant in the face of Wickedness.”
On Saturday, Trump revealed that he was “shot by a bullet that pierced the upper part” of his ear at a Pennsylvania rally.
“I’m not supposed to be here, I’m supposed to be dead,” he told the New York Post. “I’m supposed to be dead.”
“The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle,” he added.
