Grant was one of the top Union generals during the Civil War, serving with great distinction at the Battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga. Eventually he took command of the Army of the Potomac. He was renowned for his fierce and dogged fighting style. \u201cI cannot spare this man,\u201d Abraham Lincoln was reported to have said. \u201cHe fights!\u201d<\/p>\n Fight he did. And when he wasn\u2019t, he drank like the proverbial fish. Grant was reported to have consumed entire bottles of whisky in one evening when duty did not call. Of course, being in the middle of the frontier during the Civil War period meant there wasn\u2019t a great deal to do during your downtime. Also, some think that many men during this period guzzled so much booze because they thought it was healthy and nutritious. Per capita consumption of liquor in 1830 was over six gallons per year.<\/p>\n That excuse might cut it for Grant, but it won\u2019t do for some of the others on our list.<\/p>\n 5.) Edgar Allan Poe<\/strong><\/p>\n Poe drank so much that he could not get into the military after several tries. He was thrown out of West Point for missing drills and parades because he was too hung over. He lost girlfriends because he was a completely terrifying, raging drunk. He managed to write his many famous works, including The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven, and Murders in the Rue Morgue, between his bouts of getting himself obliterated with whisky and cognac.<\/p>\n The writer was found delirious and drunk outside of a Baltimore tavern in 1849, and he died four days later. He was a mere 40 years old.<\/p>\n Poe\u2019s love for cognac was so well known that, starting in 1949, an unknown visitor has been leaving a bottle cognac and three roses on the anniversary of his birthday at his grave in Baltimore.<\/p>\n 4.) John Daly<\/strong><\/p>\n Daly is most well known for his long drives off the tee, his rather chunky, rumpled non-golfy sort of appearance. He has been known to play rounds of golf with no shirt or shoes<\/a>. And something else\u2026.now what was it? Oh yes! Stories like this: Daly Detained After Passing Out Drunk at Hooters<\/a>. This story is rather typical of Daly, in that it includes the words \u201cgolfer,\u201d \u2018Hooters,\u201d and \u201cextremely intoxicated.\u201d<\/p>\n But wait, there\u2019s more! Oh yes, a lot more. Daly is on record as saying that he \u201cwould rather get drunk than play golf.\u201d He also was once kicked out of the Arnold Palmer Invitational for missing his pro-am tee time that caused two other players to be eliminated from the tournament too. I suspect alcohol was a factor.<\/p>\n 3.) Anna Nicole Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, goodness. So much to choose from for the famous rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-deceased gold digger. May she rest in peace. Where to start? The drunken insanity at the 2004 American Music Awards<\/a>? That was a good one. But I am a particular fan of the time she was sued because of her obscene behavior at a Live 8 charity event in 2005. Smith appeared to be \u201cextremely intoxicated\u201d and half naked. She also grabbed her crotch and puked at one point.<\/p>\n Her drunken escapades date back to at least 1989, when she was convicted of very drunk driving, with a blood alcohol level of .22.<\/p>\n Of course, we should have some sympathy for the dead Smith, who passed away from a drug overdose at the age of 39. The word is that her father raped her younger sister and that her stepfather beat and whipped her regularly. By the time she was 21, she was practically illiterate.<\/p>\n 2.) Paula Abdul<\/strong><\/p>\n Paula has had an interesting career \u2013 progressing from an LA Lakers cheerleader to an 80s pop icon, before becoming a judge on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d in the 2000s. Paula is a particularly interesting drunk, because she is reported to have claimed \u201cshe has never been drunk in her life.\u201d Yes, that\u2019s right<\/a>. All of her very odd behavior on \u201cAmerican Idol\u201d? Her claim? \u201cI am just being goofy.\u201d We don\u2019t know about that, but she swears she has never been drunk.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thisblogrules.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Ulysses-S-Grant-550x733.jpg\" "\\"Ulysses")
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