In his first book, he said he crashed a Buick while drunk at the age of 19. He also had mentioned in a few columns about being a former addict. He said he'd be

In his first book, he said he crashed a Buick while drunk at the age of 19. He also had mentioned in a few columns about being a former addict. He said he'd been sober since (10+ years?), but until there are conclusive results on the toxicology report, it's all really speculative. In either case, yes, he has displayed this type of behaviour before.