Bush hitting the bottle? I doubt it, but the National Enquirer says so.

VHeadline.com - US president George W. Bush has fallen off the wagon again! Booze Crisis!: "the wagon again! Booze Crisis!

The National Enquirer (USA) reporters Jennifer Luce and Don Gentle write: Faced with the biggest crisis of his political life, president Bush has hit the bottle again.

Bush, who said he quit drinking the morning after his 40th birthday, has started boozing amid the Katrina catastrophe.

Family sources have told how the 59-year-old president was caught by First Lady Laura downing a shot of booze at their family ranch in Crawford, Texas, when he learned of the hurricane disaster. His worried wife yelled at him: 'Stop, George.'

Following the shocking incident, disclosed here for the first time, Laura privately warned her husband against 'falling off the wagon' and vowed to travel with him more often so that she can keep an eye on Dubya, the sources add.

'When the levees broke in New Orleans, it apparently made him reach for a shot,' said one insider. 'He poured himself a Texas-sized shot of straight whiskey and tossed it back. The First Lady was shocked and shouted: 'Stop George!'"