She’s not the functioning alcoholic she thinks she is.
I’ve often said she was a barely functioning alcoholic. Probably binges.
They sober her up enough for a short time in the public like they do drugged out rock stars but back in the bottle right afterward.
There aren’t many real ones. Churchill was. I can’t think of any others. Maybe a singer or actor here and there.
Of course, Winston carried much heavier responsibility than a guy pretending to be somebody else. What? Well, yeah. Barky does that all the time. But he’s a functioning something else.