I'm Not A Drunk 

...I have never been a drunk nor even a steady drinker (You will hear legends that I am--they are tacked on everyone that ever wrote about people who drink) and all that I want is tranquility and a chance to write. You may never like anything I write-----and then suddenly you might like something very much. But you must believe I am sincere in what I write.
Ernest Hemingway to Grace Hall Hemingway, 1927
Selected Letters p.244