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Drunkard of the Issue #59: Brian Abrams
Remember the first time you got loaded?
It was 1992—slamming Strawberry Hill and Zima with three other 14-year-old suburbanites. Someone had Pearl Jam's new album...
The Zen of Drinking Alone
“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...
The Party Stops for Nobody
On a lanky, man-shaped landmass just off the western coast of Florida, sandwiched between the massive Gulf of Mexico and Little Sarasota Bay, chaos...
The Drunkard’s Guide to Poker
To be a successful tournament poker player it helps not to care about money.
If you need the money, if you might not drink...
Rum and Marriage
Walking up the dirt road, Mark realized that he would never walk up this road in the same way.
He would never drink a...
The Founding Drunkards
Soon after they're born, American's minds are stuffed with interesting and inspirational stories about their nation's Founding Fathers. These men are a large part...
Pushing Prohibition: The Wacky World of Anti-Alcohol Art
Out, puny drunkard, out!
In this Soviet poster, we see four apparent giants ejecting the inebriate with a coordinated attack of multiple haymakers. To his...
Boozing with the Band: Vadge Moore and Matt Skiba
Esoteric writer, punk rock legend, and drunkard of extraordinary prowess, Satan's drinking buddy Vadge Moore waxes intoxicated on the beauty of booze.
First taste from...
Dive Bar Confidential
“You’re only as good as the bars they let you drink in.”
I don’t remember who muttered those words, or in what dive, or how...
Bout 13: Hemingway Vs. Gleason & Bout 14: Bukowski Vs. Faulkner
Who's the greatest boozer of all time?
The Contenders
Humphrey Bogart 20-1
Charles Bukowski 8-1
Richard Burton 40-1
Lord Byron 30-1
Winston Churchill 6-1
William Faulkner 10-1
W.C. Fields 3-1
F. Scott Fitzgerald...
The Morning After
This Public Service Announcement, and accompanying literary dramatization, is brought to you by Active Alcoholics, or AA. We are aware that you may have...
Drunkard of the Issue #60: Johnette Napolitano
Tell us about your first drink: My Dad had a converted fridge on the back porch for draft beer. We used to love to...
Drunkard of the Issue Dec 03: Shorts McGraw
Inebriate Savant Shorts McGraw reveals the secrets of time travel, killing the voices, and why the wheel in the sky must keep turning.
First taste?
I...
Band On The Rum
A veteran road warrior explains how to get drunk on rock and roll—especially if the locals are buying.
Let me set you straight right from...
Above and Beyond Last Call: Medals for Boozing Beyond the Call of Duty
Blackout Brigade Medal of Merit
Motto: “I won’t remember you.”
Long after lesser drunks have staggered off to bed, these valorous boozers shout: “Yes, I will...
Hangover House
I clamber to my feet and stretch.
Not in a “rise and shine” kind of way, but more of a “did I sleep in a...
