Tiger Woods tweets he's getting 'professional help' for pain meds after DUI

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Tiger Woods tweets he's getting 'professional help' for pain meds after DUI
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When Tiger Woods was arrested (http://mashable.com/2017/05/29/memorial-day-tiger-woods-dui-arrest/) on DUI charges in late May, he blamed "an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications."*

**w he says via Twitter (http://mashable.com/category/twitter/) that he's getting "professional help" managing those medications.*

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Woods tweeted the short statement Monday night, three weeks after his arrest.*

By TW pic.twitter.com/AuX6PEgNQ1 (https://t.co/AuX6PEgNQ1)

— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) June 19, 2017 (https://twitter.com/TigerWoods/status/876945223506636801)



The golf legend was found asleep at the wheel of his vehicle in the wee hours of May 29 in Jupiter, Florida, where he owns a home.*

Later that after**on, he released a statement blaming the episode on an "unexpected reaction to prescribed medications." Woods said he "didn't realize the mix of medications had affected me so strongly." Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/19/tiger-woods-medication/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)

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