>I am working as editor on a major study of an Irish importer/wholesaler of
>whiskey and wine called Findlaters and came across an issue or two of your
>journal. The topic interested me specifically since the penultimate
Managing
>Director of the firm (1938-62) basically drank himself to death (starting
it
>is thought after the death of his 10 year old daughter in 1944). He became
a
>two bottles of gin man.
>The interesting thing is that he never had trouble finding people
>(fellowbusinessmen) to drink with. Almost a culture of alcohol. Is there
>anything on this almost suicidal mix of business and alcohol that might
>illuminate this sad story?
>
>Tony Farmar
>

Tony,

Bill W. was a businessman of sorts.  His story might be a start.  In this
connection, BTW, there is a new and revealing biography of Bill out:
Francis Hartigan, _Bill W. : A Biography of Alcoholic Anonymous Cofounder
Bill Wilson_, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Ron Roizen