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Nov. 20, 2024 – “Wine is very tricky. It’s very slow. It ain’t like, boom, all of a sudden,” he added, talking about his vice. “I never got strung out on heroin. Never got strung out on coke. Never got strung out on hard drugs. I shot dope just like they shot dope, but I never got strung out… And I never got strung out on liquor. I had this ideal idea of wine tastings and all that—which is what it was at first. And that’s a very subtle thing. I mean, I drank the best.” That dark path suddenly led back to his home, as the Washingtons thought it would be a great idea to get a wine cellar added on their crib. And as he stacked his cellar with “the best,” his wine spending habits began spiraling. But, Washington insisted that he never drank while working.
