In his early teens Bukowski had an epiphany when he was introduced to alcohol by his friend William "Baldy" Mullinax, son of an alcoholic surgeon. "This [alcohol] is going to help me for a very long time," he later wrote, describing the genesis of his chronic alcoholism; or, as he saw it, the genesis of a method he could utilize to come to terms more amicably with his own life.
5 stars for being crazy. 1 star for being completely fucking wrong. Alcohol is one of the most destructive drugs known to man and marijuana is one of the safest.