What Do Sidney Ponson And Britney Spears Have In Common?

Well for starters both are kind of fat, and they've both been bald at some point, but there seems to be something else the two share as far as how they see their problems.

Neither seem to realize how serious their problems with alcohol are.

Ponson checked himself into rehab late in 2005 after being sentenced to five days in a Baltimore jail for driving while impaired. He had been busted for DUI's in December 2004, and in August 2005; two incidents that ultimately led to the Orioles releasing him.

It seems that Ponson may be on the verge of slipping into old habits.

"I have a couple glasses of wine here and there, but I used to go out and drink 20 beers and stay up until 5, 6 o'clock in the morning."

Alcoholism, like any addiction, is a slippery slope. Sure, it may only be a couple glasses of wine, but it seems that Ponson is missing the point. A couple of glasses of wine becomes a few more beers. Which then turns into a lot of beers, followed by a lot of shots, and the next thing you know you're falling asleep out on your front lawn. (Um...not that I would have any personal experience there...no sir.)

You think it would be obvious to Ponson, who's career somehow happened to submarine as soon as his drinking became excessive, would realize that there are some chances he just shouldn't take. If he keeps heading down the road he is, it's only a matter of time until teams like the Twins stop taking a chance on him.

(Via Ben Maller)