At his worst, Stephen King drank a case of tallboy Miller Lite's every night

[Lethe]

He also doesn't remember writing Cujo at all.

I feel better about myself now. If only I could sell my first novel for $400,000.

(reading On Writing by King at the moment)

edit: that's 32 twelve ounce beers for the mathematically disinclined

[mitchum]

1. I wish that I could remember not reading Cujo at all

[Lethe]

4. *rimshot*

:D

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Obviously I am not drinking nearly enough.

[leftyclimber]

3. His alcoholic character in The Shining

could only have been written by someone who's been there or been really close to someone who has.

I'm glad he was able to break the cycle.

[Lethe]

5. he admit's that in the book

On Writing.

basically that was himself he was writing about in The Shining in regards to this alcohol addiction

[NashVegas]

That Makes a Lot of Sense

I always hated that Kubrick's movie entirely dehumanized Jack.

[NashVegas]

I'd Be Happy If I Could Make It Past Three Pages

Without going, "fuck, this is crap."

[Robeson]

6. 24 16 oz's in one night? Over a period of time? Does he still have a liver?....

...jeez, I thought I was bad.... :crazy:

[Mike 03]

7. OMG, I was going to ask what a "case" was. So a "case" is

thirty two beers? Wow...

Is this info from a new book by King?

[Lethe]

11. a case is 24 beers

but it was a case of tallboys, ie 16 ounce beers. That's 32 regular twelve ounce beers.

[Lyric]

8. Holy shit.

How did he survive? Jesus.

:crazy:

[Mike 03]

9. Cujo is written like a book whose author doesn't remember what he's writing. NT.

[Critters2]

10. Wonder what kind of sermons I could write if I were blitzed!

Maybe that's why I'm not America's Pastor!

[KamaAina]

12. Tallboys are 16-ouncers, not 12

Yowza!

Imagine a writer being an alcoholic. Who ever heard of such a thing? :sarcasm:

edit: smilie

[Critters2]

13. Hemingway must be spinning. Off kilter, and really dizzy, but spinning nonetheless. nt

[kentauros]

14. So what's Hunter S. Thompson doing in His grave?

:P

[Lethe]

15. enjoying the peaceful sobriety of death

:D

[nomorenomore08]

16. Don't forget the cocaine, Valium, cough syrup, etc.

I may be a dabbler in many things myself, but I don't know what it would take to make me go that far off the deep end. What I really wonder is, how could a 40-year-old man, already a raging alcoholic, do that much coke without suffering a heart attack or stroke? The guy must have the constitution of a friggin' Clydesdale!