Fox News anchor Laurie Dhue reveals her secret 15-year battle with alcohol

[CatWoman]

She has always been the epitome of elegance and professionalism, a popular news anchor for Fox News, MSNBC and CNN.

But behind it all Laurie Dhue hid a dark secret, one that consumed her life for almost 15 years and one which, she said, turned her into a woman she did not recognise.

The TV personality has opened up about her battle with alcoholism after she said she was sick of suffering in silence.

Though she did not reveal the secret herself she said that now the 'genie is out of the bottle' she wants to help other people.

The 42-year-old spoke to the Today show about her struggle, revealing that she was sick of suffering when she decided to quit and get help four years ago.

She said: 'I hid my alcoholism for many, many years. I was probably a high-functioning alcoholic, as so many people are.
Popular: Laurie Dhue was the face of three major news networks across her long and successful career

Popular: Laurie Dhue was the face of three major news networks across her long and successful career

'But there were cracks, certainly, and there were definitely times when people asked me what was wrong, and I just - I didn't even know, myself.

'I would drag myself into work deeply hung over. I thought I had to drink myself into oblivion several times a week.

'I suffered in silence. I lived in constant fear. On the inside, I was dying.'


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Alcoholism runs ramped on the female side of my family :(

[tammywammy]

1. My mother's an alcoholic

I'm always scared I'll end up down that road.

[tabatha]

2. Alcohol scares the beezus out of me,

because I have seen so many lives and health destroyed by it.

Hence, I rarely drink.

[CatWoman]

8. my mother was too

as is my daughter :(

[Oilwellian]

27. Oh Cat

:hug: We have a daughter-in-law struggling with it now. :(

[Oilwellian]

26. So was mine and it killed her

I pushed it in my 20's with alcohol. Glad I stepped back from that abyss.

[virgogal]

Good luck to her,I've been there,but now have 30 good years behind me.

[CatWoman]

9. ....

:hug:

[lonestarnot]

13. catwoman does not make constant references to faux snooze, so no back to my original question, why

give it a break?

[Marr]

See post #4!

:P

[SharonAnn]

14. Congratulations! I have 25 1/2 years. And grateful for every one of them.

[RedCloud]

3. So she works at Fox to show her where drunks wind up?

[virgogal]

4. Give it a rest.

[lonestarnot]

6. Why should he/she give it a rest? We all know alcoholism is a fucking disease ok.

[virgogal]

12. I was referring to the almost constant reference to Fox News,not

the alcoholism.

See my earlier post #3

[elocs]

22. Since you are having difficulty understanding this, let me see if I can help.

You have already admitted that alcoholism is not only a disease, but a "fucking disease" (although it is not a sexually transmitted disease).

Now here is the statement in question:

So she works at Fox to show her where drunks wind up?

Now what if she had been mentally ill, a schizophrenic for example, and mental illness is also a disease. Now what if the statement was: "So she works at Fox to show her where nutjobs wind up?"

Now since both alcoholism and mental illness are diseases, then "drunks" and "nutjobs" are equally offensive and insensitive and we should expect better of DUers since it is a safe bet that we have DUers who are not only recovering alcoholics or have had alcoholism ravage their families, but also those among us here who battle mental illness.

So give it a rest with calling those who admit to being alcoholics, "drunks". Having to demonize those with whom we disagree is what Republicans and freepers do, alcoholism can strike anywhere and is in no way exclusive to FOX.

[lonestarnot]

28. Won't give foxers a break ever! Not for any fucking thing. They have helped ruin this country so

fuck her and the bottle she drowns in.

[emilyg]

23. Nasty comment.

[RagAss]

5. sad

[leftstreet]

7. The 'legal' drug that lays waste to the working class

:grr:

[CatWoman]

10. yep

and in black neighborhoods, there are liquor stores on damn near every corner :(

[glinda]

11. Republicans in MN. are pushing for Liquor stores to be open sundays.

[spanone]

15. i was a highly successful drinker for a long spell....

now i'm much happier...

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Love the pix! They say it all...

Kudos to you... I can't say I'm as happy in recovery as the pup in your pic, but that face made me LOL... Thanks! :D :rofl: :pals:

[Rhiannon12866]

16. K&R. Interesting article, tough subject.

Good for her, stepping up to the plate, admitting she has a problem, getting help and getting the poison out by talking about it. I'm in recovery, myself, went to a women's AA meeting just tonight, have been going for a little over two years. Thanks for posting this, CatWoman... I'm sure I'm not the only one who can identify. :pals:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

18. Ummmmmmmm

I think you just broke your anonymity.............

[Rhiannon12866]

20. I can talk about me, just not anybody else.

:)

[backscatter712]

17. A FOX News cheerleader drinking? That explains a lot... n/t

[RegieRocker]

19. Alcohol is the drug choice of the right wingers

that is why it's legal and marijuana isn't.

[emilyg]

24. It's the drug of choice for people

from all walks of life.

[Throd]

25. Not true. I have consumed enough booze to float a battleship.

[Raschel]

21. I wish you much success Laurie.

[RandomThoughts]

30. It is good she found a way to work with what was causing her hardship.

Best of wishes on her helping people with similar issues, and those that have problems with drinking.

Personally I been working really hard on my problem of not having alcohol, and how that is so disastrous of a problem for so many people.

Really should have beer and travel money to cure that problem and get on with a healthy balanced life, with drink and many other experiences.

I know I will win my battle against tea-toting sobriety, since it is such a bad concept for me. I hope the same success in her struggles.


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