Churchill began each day with whisky and soda, drank ale, wine, or champagne at lunch, repeated the cycle at dinner, and closed with brandies and soda. By any modern definition he was an alcoholic — yet he sustained an extraordinary level of activity and accomplishment across more than fifty years in public life. The transcript notes the key was structure: a gradual, ritualized intake at fixed intervals, not binges.
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