Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: myself surprised

I have enjoyed reading Alan Watts' books and listening to his taped talks. He is my favorite philosopher. I was quite startled to learn that he had such an addictive personality. He overused both nicotine and alcohol. The fact that Alan Watts had substance abuse problems doesn't reflect on the wisdom of his teachings, but it does raise the question as to the value of these teachings to positively effect a person's life. Obviously, these teachings did little to help Watts. His early death at age 58 could be considered a deliberate suicide through the abuse of the legal drugs nicotine and alcohol. The author may have sensationalized some parts of Watts' life, but I believe that his private excesses have been well documented elsewhere.