He refused invitations to parties , and publisher Otto Basserman sent him to Wiedensahl to keep his alcohol problem undetected from those around him .
Biographer Weissweiler does not dismiss the possibility that Busch 's increasing alcohol dependence hindered self - criticism .
Busch refused invitations to parties , and publisher Otto Basserman sent Busch to Wiedensahl to keep Busch 's alcohol problem undetected from those around him .
Biographer Weissweiler does not dismiss the possibility that Busch 's increasing alcohol dependence hindered self - criticism .