My Great-Great-Grand Father who was born in 1823 was known to drink more than his share of bourbon whiskey throughout his life . Around 1875 a local doctor was examining him for some minor complaint and told him as an aside that at the rate he was going whiskey was going to kill him eventually . Well , Great-Great Grandpa lived to be 100 years old and died when he fell off his horse while crossing a creek in 1923 . Of course he was drunk at the time .