The answer is yes and no. He was a chronic imbiber of alcoholic beverages, may have developed a great capacity due to increased alcohol dehydrogenase in his liver and usually had his liquor in weak concoctions (his soda whiskey) or with meals. It is documented, at least on one occasion, that he was the worse for alcohol, after a meal he and Eden had with Uncle Joe during WWII, may have been so at Randolph's 21st Birthday celebration but NOT when General Beaverbrook thought he was (he had woken prematurely from his afternoon nap and the barbiturate was not out of his system.). There is a lot more that could be written but this should suffice for now. John John H. Mather MD CIP FACPE President, UNI-CORN LLC Tel: 240 353 6782
In a message dated 8/29/2009 9:10:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: On Aug 29, 2009, at 3:21 PM, [email protected] wrote: > their alcoholism Was WSC an alcoholic? dp --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
