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From Booze to Shaving Cream

Even though he was at his bottom, at 33 years old, he had a hard time imagining staying sober forever

In October of 1966, I was in a hospital bed, sick from alcohol poisoning. I had progressed from a very good job in investment banking, entertaining clients with the best spirits available, to drinking vanilla extract and shaving lotion.

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