[Daryl]

John suffers from an ailment that infiltrates and plagues every niche in our society. He has both alcohol and gambling dependencies which cause his behavioral problems and which his will power cannot overcome. Teachers, Wives, Friends and associates and Fans and Press have hung in as long as they could. Like any family, they probably made herculean efforts and have been as patient and hopeful as saints until his destructiveness became theirs.

Only John can help himself. It is a sad fact that not many in his situation can overcome their dependencies soon enough to salvage careers and friendships. Only a few are lucky to beat the problem enough to build a modest life for themselves and maintain friendships with people around them. But they live with the tendencies their whole lives. For those that can overcome, things look normal from only our perspective.

John made all of this a public issue with his book. I don't think that you can point the finger at Butch. We know what's coming and if we don't play naive, we know he's going to get worse before he gets better.