Bless you, Emily. I'd give your comment 100 claps if I could.

My experience with such heavy drinkers--both in real life and from reviewing their memoirs--is that they convince themselves that others aren't aware of the issue or that it doesn't affect their work.

I don't know how much other Amazonians knew or cared about Coulter's drinking. But I've seen people at media companies get fired for less than she describes.