Kerouac and Cassady.

Hemingway, Faulkner, Steinbeck, Lewis, London--the list of egomaniacal alcoholic writers is nearly endless, isn't it?

Speaking of lists of notorious boozers, anyone ever read the 'Secret History of Alcoholism'? Or 'Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament'?

A lot of the people listed here had more problems than just alcohol though. Many of them were driven to the drink by bi-polar disorder/manic depression, schizophrenia, and other mental illnesses with egomaniacal tendencies.