I would recheck "option 2" back there just based on the "playing pool" statement and carefully reread what Laan was trying to say.
I am a sober alcoholic.
I don't go to bars or go play pool.
However, many of my "normal" friends engage in some sort of "boys night out" activity, whether it's bowling, mountain bike riding, monday night football, playing pool etc. and they are good fathers, good employees, good friends, and good men.
if that's his "whole life" then by no means should you have him as a partner, but even God got to rest on the seventh day last I checked.
Him dropping the ball is a complete and separate issue then playing pool....unless, once again, he drinks all the time, in which case, it's possible you don't want to go into business with a practicing alcoholic, but Laan made what I thought was a good point with "no snap decisions"