Comments on: Alchoholism,writers,BWI

Alchoholism,writers,BWI

celerystick — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:38:04 -0800

... a little less dangerous than DWI, for the most part ... Can you discern a DWI rant from a sober one? What makes many famous writers alcholics? ... and somebody compiled an Amazon list of Top 13 Works of Fiction Dealing with Alcoholism ... .... hick ....

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:43:28 -0800

I liked the O'Malley piece. Seems about right. My brain doesn't stop working until I've drugged it with grandpa's cough medicine (Dickel) or taken over the counter sleeping pills. I think it's a situation common among people who save, objectify, judge, and otherwise externally value for reproduction experiance. I suppose it's hard to sit still and FEEL it first hand without that lil' internal quantifier getting in the way. Actors seem to get it too. Barrymore comes to mind.

By: keswick

keswick — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:53:22 -0800

Paging Miguel to thread 46077 Miguel Cardoso, please report to thread 46077.

By: snoktruix

snoktruix — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 22:54:18 -0800

William Styron (author of Sophie's Choice) wrote his novels while sober in the morning, but got his ideas in the evening by soaking in a "mood bath" generated by having a few stiff whiskeys. I imagine I would do the same if I had to be creative every day, just not with something as destructive as alcohol.

By: deusdiabolus

deusdiabolus — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 23:10:06 -0800

I always enjoy blogging intoxicated. It makes me "flow" better. And I usually don't regret anything I've posted...well, no more than the stuff I've posted when sober, anyhew.

By: tweak

tweak — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:03:19 -0800

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By: tweak

tweak — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:03:32 -0800

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By: Wolof

Wolof — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:18:33 -0800

No Under the Volcano?

By: dirigibleman

dirigibleman — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:16:31 -0800

I sneeze a lot when I'm drunk. Does anyone else sneeze a lot when they're drunk?

By: PeterMcDermott

PeterMcDermott — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:25:45 -0800

No Under the Volcano? My exact same thought, Wolof.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 02:37:48 -0800

The belief that the things that are in your head at the time are important is much stronger when helped out by chemicals. In the case of someone who is actually talented but perhaps constrained by self-doubt it could definnitely produce interesting results.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:24:12 -0800

Wasn't it Hemmingway that said write with coffee, rewrite with whiskey.

By: 3.2.3

3.2.3 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 06:26:36 -0800

Can you discern a DWI rant from a sober one?

By: Jesse H Christ

Jesse H Christ — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 07:03:32 -0800

Wasn't it Hemmingway that said write with coffee, rewrite with whiskey. I think it was the other way around (ideas flow when lubed with booze, then reason and mental acuity induced by coffee help put them in order). Usually I am really good about not publishing anything I write when smashed until I've reviewed it in the light of day. This includes emails. Emailing while intoxicated is a dangerous game....Far worse than drunk dialing b/c there is a record or the foolishness.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:48:44 -0800

I think it was the other way around Makes more sense to me with coffee first. Generate a whole bunch of material first, then slowly rub it down tweaking words and placement in a more leisurely mood. I know some painters who work this way too.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:57:30 -0800

I can't google either permutation of that quote, sadly, but to my mind 'rewrite with coffee' makes more sense. But then, the effects of caffeine have been long-dulled for me.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 13:50:15 -0800

Blogging while emotional is worse. http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/46091

By: jonmc

jonmc — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 17:42:18 -0800

*sputters* Fuck you all!! Filthy bastards!! *throws bottle at wall* *passes out*

By: N8k99

N8k99 — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 19:10:37 -0800

why is it when people have an obviously horribly bad idea, their friend asks if they were drunk/stoned/on crack when they came up with it? How is having lots of stories of misadventures in your past that can all be explained by "it sounded good when I was drunk" line up with this 'better thinking' philosophy? How are you able to create when the thing that is blocking you is that hangover in the morning and that miserable lack of self-esteem that comes from self-abuse of the night before?

By: wumpus

wumpus — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:18:40 -0800

I would've thought The Rum Diaries would deserve to be on that Amazon list.