I read this in an encyclopedia:

"Arnaz' marriage with Ball began to collapse under his serious problems with drugs, alcohol and sexual addiction and they divorced."

I knew that he drank and all but I didn't know that he used drugs. Is it true? :confused: :(

Hmm, I don't know! I haven't heard about him using drugs, either.

I think they forgot to add 'prescription drugs' as in painkillers and such

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
I think they forgot to add 'prescription drugs' as in painkillers and such
Wow, I didn't know he abused prescription drugs either!:eek:

WELL, HIS DYING SO YOUNG IS A CLUE, he abused everything. At least he really LIVED his life while he was here. Yes, people forget he was very sick for many years before the cancer claimed him.

Sorry, guess I'm just stupid. Never mind.:rolleyes:

Originally posted by SPLAIN
WELL, HIS DYING SO YOUNG IS A CLUE, he abused everything. At least he really LIVED his life while he was here. Yes, people forget he was very sick for many years before the cancer claimed him.

Before the cancer he had a case of diverticulitis(sp)

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
I think they forgot to add 'prescription drugs' as in painkillers and such

Yes, I figured that the term "drugs" refered to painkillers, too, but didn't he abuse those more toward the end of his life? I have never seen drugs being listed as a factor that broke up his marriage, as the article says.

I also am surprised to see the term "sexual addiction" there. None of the books I've ever read have actually used those words before. Interesting. I mean, its one thing to be a philanderer, but it's quite another to have a sexual addiction. But some of the things he did suggests to me that it is a very strong possibility.

Originally posted by Ricardos4ever
Yes, I figured that the term "drugs" refered to painkillers, too, but didn't he abuse those more toward the end of his life? I have never seen drugs being listed as a factor that broke up his marriage, as the article says.

I also am surprised to see the term "sexual addiction" there. None of the books I've ever read have actually used those words before. Interesting. I mean, its one thing to be a philanderer, but it's quite another to have a sexual addiction. But some of the things he did suggests to me that it is a very strong possibility.

It would also depend on how many times a day it's normal to be considered addiction; just because he liked to do it a few times more than usual is to be considered addiction

Originally posted by Ricardos4ever
I also am surprised to see the term "sexual addiction" there. None of the books I've ever read have actually used those words before. Interesting. I mean, its one thing to be a philanderer, but it's quite another to have a sexual addiction. But some of the things he did suggests to me that it is a very strong possibility.

On the Bob Crane scale of sexual addiction, I'd say Desi seems a 6. Orgies put you a little farther up the scale.

With SIX being the highest you mean? LOL!

Originally posted by SPLAIN
With SIX being the highest you mean? LOL!

:lol: I was using 1-10, but you can make your own scale. :D

Actually, didn't Desi even have a SCALE named after him at some point? LOL! Or was it that he made the Guiness Book of World Records? I forget!

ROFL! :lol:

Yeah, I'm surprised I haven't seen his name in there yet!

His name appears frequently in the X rated version, LOL!

LOL! :lol: You know where I could get that?

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
[B] he had a case of diverticulitis(sp)



What is that?:confused:

Originally posted by ricardo/mertz
What is that?:confused:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00070

As I understand he had part of his colon removed and used a 'bag' on the side:(

Oh, that's just plain awful. I have a friend whose Grandpa had that bag thing. He was pretty much bedridden.
Thanks for answering my question.

Originally posted by I'maDESIlover
As I understand he had part of his colon removed and used a 'bag' on the side:( I think it was just temporary, wasn't it?

Originally posted by Lodee
I think it was just temporary, wasn't it?

My understanding is that it was

At that time Desi compared himself to a President who also had the disease, President Lyndon Baines Johnson!