Modern Drunkard Magazine

William Wilson was, by his own account and those of others, a degenerate alcoholic. After a quasi-religious epiphany, he “cured” himself and went on to...

Girl Gone Mild Smashed by Koren Zailckas Viking Press I was sold on the title alone: Smashed, a term that brings warmth to the heart of a...

You’re an idiot. Maybe you know it, maybe you don’t. Maybe you’ve heard it from dozens of people, but you were kinda drunk at the...

From Tatarstan to Kyrgyzstan to Tuva, in what used to be the great thirsty interior of the Soviet Union, Central Asian nomads have the...

From the flickering beginnings of motion pictures to the multiplex-filling offerings of today, alcohol has played a major role in the movies. In fact, the...

“What'd you get up to last night?” “Got wicked drunk.” “Yeah? Where'd you go?” “I didn't go anywhere. I drank at home.” “You had a party and didn't...

And why so much? Just where the hell do we get off getting loaded all the time? Do we really need a reason? In...

If you're a man aged anywhere from 21 to 35, I've got some sobering news for you. Your Grandmother is a better drinker than...

A Blast from the Past Wealthy Americans adopted the practice of tipping as they traveled about Europe in the mid-19th Century. At the time, trans-Atlantic...

I’m in a pub in Malta, full of retired British men passing the evening the proper way. I sit on a tall bar stool...

Do you have a favorite drunkard? Some amazing man or woman, past or present, who stands colossus-like atop the Big Keg, the ground below littered...

Until very recently, Hollywood was chock-full of drunkards. Some of our finest writers, directors and actors have turned in Academy-quality drinking performances. Whether you're talking...

In 1950 Jackie Gleason was going everywhere and nowhere at once. He was getting plenty of work on Broadway and in the nightclubs, even a...

Bibamus moriendum est. Death is Inevitable; Let's Get Drunk. —Roman Aphorism Turn on the news or flip through a magazine and you are confronted with stories of greed,...

Good for you! But be aware that there is already a massive, ever-growing zombie horde of cocktail guides out there, so you'll need a fresh...

I The alarm clock went off and I reached out and found that there was still a bit of scotch left in the bottle, so...

There comes a time in every man’s life when he suddenly realizes that he has entered a new phase. He finds himself in his thirties,...

Bartenders are a special breed of cat. They are more than mere dispensers of alcohol, if that was the sum of their worth they would...