Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said Friday he can't make any promises he will stay sober if reelected as he settles back in office after a rehab-stint for substance abuse.
Ford, who returned this week after two-months in rehab, told the radio show Newstalk 1010 he is battling something he has "no control" over, according to the Associated Press.
Ford said the people will just have to have faith in him as he prepares to run for mayor again this fall.
After several embarrassing videos leaked of the mayor allegedly smoking crack, Ford took a leave of absence and checked himself into the Ontario-based GreeneStone Residential Addiction Treatment Center for drug and alcohol abuse in May.
"I decided that enough was enough," Ford said at a press conference last Monday after his release, the New York Daily News reported. "I had become my own worst enemy. I knew it was time to take action, it was time to get help- professional help."
Ford also said he would continue on with professional treatment for his drug and alcohol use and that the staff at GreeneStone helped him confront his "personal demons."
"I learned about things like triggers and what happens when you have uncontrollable cravings," he said.
The mayor's inability to promise not to use again, however, was not good enough for radio host Jerry Agar. As a long-time supporter of Ford, Agar said Friday he is not sure he can "take another four-year shot on Rob Ford," according to the AP.
But Agar may not have to worry about that because Ford doesn't have much political power to begin with- the City Council stripped him of most of his mayoral duties last November.
Toronto elections are to be held Oct. 27.
