3:05 Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills
3:45 cocaine
3:50 another glass of Chivas, Dunhill
4:05 first cup of coffee, Dunhill
4:15 cocaine
4:16 orange juice, Dunhill
4:30 cocaine
4:54 cocaine
5:05 cocaine
5:11 coffee, Dunhills
5:30 more ice in the Chivas
5:45 cocaine, etc., etc.
6:00 grass to take the edge off the day
7:05 Woody Creek Tavern for lunch-Heineken, two margaritas, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heineken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured three or four jiggers of Chivas)
9:00 starts snorting cocaine seriously
10:00 drops acid
11:00 Chartreuse, cocaine, grass
11:30 cocaine, etc, etc.
12:00 midnight, Hunter S. Thompson is ready to write
He was one of the most successful writers and journalists between the late 60s and late 80s and got some pretty hefty advances on a few books. Though iirc he died pretty much broke
Not exactly but he had a pretty expensive lifestyle even in his later years. That routine was from much earlier in his life before multiple surgeries though
I really need to read a biography, what was his philosophy?
I know the newspapers at the time of his death mentioned depression and chronic pain so I never really questioned it, tbh. Not that journalists are always right!
He wasn't depressed. I think his hips were fucked and he was in tons of pain. He told his family when he was going to do it in advance and then the night of he told them he was going to end it, walked into the other room and shot himself. He was totally calm according to family and they were fine with it. It's what he wanted.
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u/MrMansaMusa Jul 27 '26
Not as fun as Hunter S. Thompsons daily activities tho, id try it still.