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"Any time I drink, there's a point that comes where a switch flips and you never know when that point's going to be reached — whether's it's the first three or four, or the 15th," Hamilton said, as he talked to media Friday about what he admits were multiple drinks at a Dallas bar earlier in the week.
He had no written notes and spoke from his heart, a perfect balance of contrition and transparency, honesty and sadness. There was also a very subtle moment in there, when he leaned back in his chair and sighed, as if to suggest "I cannot believe I am here again. I thought I had this beat."
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