Jesse Jackson Jr. on the Peoria.com Forums

Has anyone else been following this political soap opera? His handlers aren't handling it very well but I still wish him the best in his recovery from whatever it is he's secretly recovering from.

Would it be rude or insensitive to take bets on what he is recovering from?

My money is on some type of addiction. I can't imagine many other illness that would need to be kept secret? Even so, I still wish him a speedy recovery.

@joepyeweed:

There has been some talk in the Chicago area he attempted suicide. That may or not be the case but after hearing about his mood disorder, possibly thats what the problem is.

Also, he a might have an addiction to some kind of street drugs. That would ony be a wild guess because most anything else like alcholism, prescription drug abuse in this day in age would not be a big deal. Other memebrs of Congress, and a former first lady. have been treated for alcoholism and prescription drug abise and they did not have this veil of secrecy surrounding things.

So it is certainly seems to be something more than an addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol.

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@joepyeweed:

There has been some talk in the Chicago area he attempted suicide. That may or not be the case but after hearing about his mood disorder, possibly thats what the problem is.

Also, he a might have an addiction to some kind of street drugs. That would ony be a wild guess because most anything else like alcholism, prescription drug abuse etc.other memebrs of Congress have been treated for alcoholism and prescription drug abise and they did not have this veil of secrecy surrounding things and in this day in age it really is no big deal and the veil of secrecy around the situation would be an over reaction to that.

It certainly seems to be something more than alcholism or prescription drug addiction.

Manic-Depression? It can sometimes not materialize until your 30s or 40s.

@Mahkno:

Yes that could b. But even with that would there still be this veil of secrecy around the situation?

Manic-depressives are usually drug addicts because they start self medicating long before they realize they have an illness.