From WIKI, which I do not care for at all:
Personal struggles
Beckel, an alcoholic,[5] has spoken openly about his past addictions to drugs and alcohol, admitting in July 2011 on The Five: "I'm a recovering addict and cocaine was my drug of choice."
In 2007, Beckel was involved in an altercation in a Bethesda, Maryland grocery store parking lot with a man who took issue with his anti–George W. Bush bumper stickers.[6] In October 2011, Beckel says he nearly choked to death at a Fox News reception, but was saved by Fox News chief Roger Ailes and The Five co-host Eric Bolling.[7]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Beckel
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.