TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who said last month he would take time off to get treatment for an alcohol problem, described rehab as "amazing" and said he would return in time for the upcoming city election, a Toronto newspaper reported on Wednesday.
In an interview with the Toronto Sun, Ford said going into treatment was the "best decision" he has ever made.
"I feel great," Ford said. "Rehab is amazing. It reminds me of football camp. Kind of like the Washington Redskins camp I went to as a kid."
He didn't name the treatment center or say where it was located.
Ford gained global notoriety last year after he admitted he had smoked crack, bought illegal drugs and driven after drinking, but refused to step down or seek treatment.
The mayor took a leave of absence from his job and re-election campaign last week after the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that a new video showed Ford using what appeared to be drugs.
Ford's exact whereabouts were not known after media reports last week said Ford withdrew an application to enter the United States after landing in Chicago.
His decision to seek treatment comes after months of denials that he has a substance-abuse problem and nearly a year after media reports surfaced about Ford appearing in a video smoking crack cocaine.
Ford told the paper he would be on the ballot for mayor in October and predicted he would do well, though he didn't say when exactly he would return.
"Of course, I am coming back and I am going to kick butt," he said.
"There will be no need to clean out my office because I am coming back."
(Reporting by Leah Schnurr; Editing by Jeffrey Hodgson and Bernadette Baum)
Nobody here has much confidence in Rob or what he says. We know he will fall off the wagon time and again and make new promises.
ReplyDeleteHe needs to get out of politics and make a hard reassessment of his life and get his priorities straight and show people he is worthy before he runs for a position of trust. We may be naïve but we are not stupid.
Good post,
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I totally agree with you on that point .
ReplyDeleteFord is a total failure when it comes to governing the people . I understands why some of the little people like him ... but it's more to it than that... you need a person in office to think for all the people not just part . Canada will get a good person ... it takes trial and error ... we had Bush and boy he was pretty bad , he fell off the toilet with a pretzel in his mouth Hahahaha
Thank you
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