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The Friend's Dad Who Drank Forever and Never Fell Apart
from Freedom and Fentanyl · #64
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2 minTim tells the story of his late friend's father, a hard-partying but highly successful medical device CEO whose funeral was attended by his company's Japanese CEO, as an example of someone who beat the odds of alcoholism.
- 35:41Some people figure out a way to be drunk forever and have a good life.
- 36:04Tim says he could never maintain that—he'd just fall asleep all the time.
- 36:33There's something biological about being able to get drunk, sleep, and wake up ready to work.
- 36:57The friend's dad ran a company that sold medical machines to hospitals—he was a CEO.
- 37:20The CEO of the Japanese parent company flew out to his funeral, proof he never let drinking ruin the business.