Haha, my dad was a highly functioning alcoholic. Every day he would drink to submission. But, he has a patent, in the last ten years of his "all over the place" career, he was able to get into a buying a building in down-town savannah with a partner, then ended up selling it for 4M. He quit drinking cold turkey, quit smoking, and changed for the better. He beat cancer. I think he's a genius despite making so many terrible decisions.

I know he self medicated and was BP but was too proud to get help.