I once took to bed for a week after an apology

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I think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for admitting that “I convinced myself that normal rules didn’t apply.” … when was the last time a public figure actually took complete credit for his own failure.  And yes, it does sound very 12 step-like but that’s why the 12-steps work … if he doesn’t acknowledge publicly what he did and why it’s wrong, he cannot recover if indeed sex addiction is his problem.

Personally, I’m not sure of the reason for a public apology. An apology to his family is best done in private. An apology to his sponsors is superfluous, as RK noted elsewhere (plus: they’re often insured against “loss of reputation”).

That leaves only the golf world and his fans—which excludes me. Did he let them down as a golfer? Yes, by not golfing. Did he let them down as a role model? Yes, but then they are at fault for adopting a golfer as a role model. Morons.

Being very good at golfing (or anything else) is no indicator of being good at anything else, like marital fidelity or surgical oncology. Doesn’t everyone know this already?

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