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Tacking on to #1, I feel like IF he's got physical alcohol dependence, it's possible that maybe he didn't drink as much as he typically does the night before the poly, or even 2-3 days before the show taping, and he could have been starting to have withdrawal syptoms. In other words maybe he DID try to "sober up" for the show and couldn't do it/handle it. IMO he would've had to quit at least a couple of weeks before the show to have a chance at being past the more obvious physical symptoms, if alcohol dependence is a problem for him.
I saw you added a #3 later and that's along the lines of what I was going to mention also. I think it's also very possible it had nothing or very little to do with alcohol and the "not feeling well" was what he used to back out of the poly. He might've gotten more sympathy if he'd used something like food poisoning or a migraine or something as opposed to Jim Beam, though, IMO.
Yep. I've witnessed DT's and I've also seen alcoholics who attempt to control their drinking for an event...they might as well drink. Easier to mask the physical symptoms for them than trying to sober up.