historic drunks who weren't always that drunk

'I Never Saw Him Drunk': An Interview with Bukowski’s Longtime Publisher

John Martin was Bukowski's publisher from 1965 until the author's death, in 1994. Despite knowing him for almost 30 years and serving as the best man at one of his weddings, Martin says he never saw the Buk hammered. But that's not to say others didn't.