People say Alcoholic like it is a bad thing. I don’t believe in alcoholism. I think it is a joke and a crutch to lean upon. If you think that you are an alcoholic, you are making worse life decisions than drinking. Here is a list of people that achieved extraordinary things and still pickled themselves.
Edgar A. Poe: wrote some of the greatest Gothic literature of all time. Died in a gutter.
Ulysses S. Grant: Great General. Shitty President. Hated the White House so much, he hung out in a hotel lobby drinking. Invented the term Lobbyists. You’re welcome, America.
Ernest Hemingway: Wrote “A Farewell to Arms,” “The Old Man and the Sea,” and “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” And told F. Scott Fitzgerald to, “Chuck his balls into the sea.” He was a complete literary genius and unabashed drunk.
Jack Kerouac: Drove his car across country, probably blitzed, and people still know his name. Have you ever tried that?
Ambrose Bierce: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. Enough said.
Winston Churchill: Beat Nazis with a shovel. Seriously. You can thank him.
All for now.
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