I love Leaving Las Vegas

Druk never dies

kino film
is adaptation a spiritual sequel?

this the thread then aye?

Have you ever had the feeling...
That the worlds gone and left you behind...
Have you ever had the feeling...
That you're that close to losing your mind...

It's my plan b for if shit hits the fan.
I was a massive alcoholic (not drinking and driving, but literally drinking while driving to work) with a decent paying job but was on my way to heart attack or suicide.
Quit my job and got a college diploma and now in university. Life seems to be going up but I specifically have like $30k set aside for a full on drink myself to death in Las Vegas trip if everything falls apart.

Anyone read the book?

>>212106906
Based.

>>212106832
>got a college diploma
>and now in university
??? is a "college diploma" just finishing grade 12 or whatever in europe?

>>212107188
>go to college and complete their accounting and finance program and receive diploma
>go to university and pursue bachelors degree using course credits from college to cover half of the 4 years
>get diploma and degree for less money than just the degree would cost

>>212106906
Give me that money or I'll stab you in the ass

Being drunk in Vegas is kino. All the scammers think you’re a mark.
>dude I’m gonna miss my flight! Wanna buy these chips off me at a reduced cost for the casino I happen to be standing in front of?

>>212107394
so "college" is a 2 year program where you can then transfer to uni?

What about going to Las Vegas?

>>212107904
Essentially yes

>>212107969
weird. the differences in names is annoying between NA and EU. we call that "community college" and then you can either go to a college or uni to finish.

>>212107838
No.
>>212107845
Wen there in february 2018 when it was completely quiet.
My favorite part was walking down the street with a beer in one hand and a cig in the other at like 9 am and nobody gives a shit. That and smoking in casinos.

>>212108007
I mean it probably is a community college but nobody in my specific town calls it that so who knows.

How about the Truman show? Why did they encourage him to drink vodka and eat cheese cake all day, then to go to a twenty year old prostitute so she can kick him in the balls? It just doesn't make sense. Still better than the time he fucked a watermelon.

>>212108007
>>212107904
Wrong. You pay 3 grand for a years college course if you don't qualify for the free ride, then you need to use that to go university, which is at least 9 grand a year for three or four years.

>>212108113
>Still better than the time he fucked a watermelon.
anon...why? it's frigid

>11:15am
>been unemployed for almost a month
>made 0 effort to look for anything so far
>about to start drinking for the last time (real) until i get a job
and here...we...go

didn't drink for the whole week, little warmup yesterday eve, now it's time to get real druk watching 24h spa

>>212108334
Because it was exciting and humiliating. Had to cut several holes and find the right angle. It was cold as fuck, but still plowed through.

>>212108528
What if you never get a job?

It's been a while since I saw LLV but I remember a distinct lack of "moaning in agony in a hospital bed as you turn yellow and bile leaks out of your ass" for a movie that was supposed to not shy away from the ugly reality.
The DT scene was tough to watch but it gets waaaaay worse.

>>212109611
Speaking from personal experience?

i've only seen the movie once when i was 14. i remember thinking it was so deep lmao

>>212109821

>>212110009
How did you survive?

>>212108528
>fired for alcoholism
>unemployment requires work search documentation for weekly benifits
>oh shit I got an interview
>show up drunk.
>no callback
>Another job search complete.
>Golly gee wizz it’s hard to get a job!
>check please!
It’s a fast track to homelessness, but you can always quit tomorrow.

theres probably a reddit sub for this faggotry
go the fuck back

>>212109611
DTs are no fucking joke. You’ll go from shadow voices and shadow demons to full blown alcoholic induced psychosis and I’ve never tripped so hard in my fucking life. 48 hours tripping balls on life support in the ER. Thank you for letting me share
4 years booze free

I took the excedrin
I drank the pedialyte.

>>212109392
let's not talk about that. i have plenty in savings anyway so i can survive a while. also i have a number of old coworkers that i want to meet with to see if they have spots and i reserve the right to drink with them

>>212110561
how much were you drinking at the time?

For me, it's driving while intoxicated.

>>212111991
I love it. Even better down here in TX where you never get pulled over for anything

Spent the afternoon drunk on vodka, lying on the davenport listening to Bill Evans piano solos.

This is what it's all about

>>212114038
Spent the evening drinking vodka, taking codeine and fucking a 20 year old prostitute/student. She didn't know how to put on a condom, anything about sex and she kept apologizing. Still, she was cute and had the body of a 16 year old, except with pierced nipples. She'd only been doing it for a week and she got into it because of Bonnie Blue and her friend being a prostitute. I got her to do all the perverted shit I wanted, including kicking me in the balls, even though she had to do it six times because she was so fuckin timid.
Would this make a good hollywood script?

>>212115301
No but if you lowered her age by 8 years you could be a hollywood executive

>>212115398

bump

>>212115398
That's the dream, brother.

>>212106747 (OP)
Ok then leave

I still have a hangover from yesterday's thread, cheers

mid movie but they really nailed that drunk idiot at the beginning

>>212111970
Not him, but I was a daily 1L of vodka a day drinker for about 2 years when my aunt died and i suddenly had to sober up for her funeral. Had a seizure that night and ended up in ER, then had three nights of severe hallucinations and skin crawling itchies. Finally slept on the 4th day. It got a lot better after that.

is the site shitting up because of fishtank pajeets or what. for FUCKS sake
>>212106747 (OP)
what if you never leave?

>For 500 bucks, you can do pretty much whatever you want. You can fuck my ass.You can cum on my face. Whatever you want to do. Just keep it out of my hair.

Is this fair market value? Seems pretty steep especially for 1995 desu

The withdrawals getting so bad after every binge I don't think I can keep up with this much longer. Shaking, everything hurts, nausea, insomnia etc

I never saw the movie but I read the book. It was just okay. A sad story from a sad author. I’m sure nic cage did a commendable job conveying that on screen. Don’t lose your life to the booze guys. It’s a slippery slope.

>>212120973
how hard are you binging

>>212121047
too late

>>212106747 (OP)
I’m gonna drink myself to death for reasons. Gen X thought this was profound and deep.

>>212121454
You need to ween yourself off man. You’re in deep, but there’s always a way out. Leaving Las Vegas is a cautionary tale about exactly what you’re going through. Be the success don’t be the example.

>>212121602
thanks for the pep talk champ
*sips beer at 6:27am*

>>212121669
Hey if you want to die from it that’s on you. Have a cold one for me bud.

>>212106747 (OP)
The intensity of their love/dependance on each other is amazing to watch. I love this movie as well.

>>212108528
>Spent 8 months unemployed several years ago
>Spent every single day job hunting, then working out, then job hunting some more, then getting shitfaced when the sun went down
>The stress of my current job is worse than my past stress over the potential of being homeless
What a cruel joke

What're we on tonight boys?

>>212122431
Apathy, death

>>212122431
Drinkn dabs(german export beer) gunna finish watchin the bravado's later on i think.

>>212122807
WHAT A LIFE

*sips*

>want to drink tonight
>tummy hurts from last night
This is the only "hangover" symptom I get, my tummy gets upset from the 'ka

>>212106747 (OP)
I quit drinking back in september after I day drank one saturday and had severe panic attacks for 4 days following that. I still dont know if it was withdrawals or just in my head, I was only a weekend binger and only ever drank beer

Two cans of swede lager for breakfast, one heineken on the restaurant for lunch, one more large lager can after that. Getting ready for a few sips of smirnoff before bed.

>>212106747 (OP)
Leaving Las Vegas is a great movie because of the strong emotional response it was able to illicit. But that response was me feeling awful, and I have no desire to watch it again.
>>>/wsg/5911070

>Dry all week
Time to get stuck back into it

>>212106906
Invest that money in Precious metal and live a healthy life

>>212106906
Don't get robbed by hookers. The one thing that pisses me of about this film is that Elizabeth shue immediately didn't rob him for everything he had when they first met. I'm from Vegas, I hear about it all of the time.

>>212125879
>Don't get robbed by hookers. The one thing that pisses me of about this film is that Elizabeth shue immediately didn't rob him for everything he had when they first met. I'm from Vegas, I hear about it all of the time.
>pro-tip, leave your wallet in your room/car, carry enough for her fee + 20 incase she deserves a tip
>can't rob what you don't have

373 days. For some reason the last week has been when the desire to drink really crept back in

>not a single Elizabeth Shue pic in here
disappointing

Drank a bottle of port. Gonna finish the day with a glass of bourbon.

>>212122431
a box of wine and some accessories. gods, wish i could smoke inside without repercussions.

>>212126514
Nigga druk as fuck lmfao

passed out again around midnight, 3am now, drinking till dawn i guess
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTNej2USaYk&list=RDZTNej2USaYk&start_radio=1

Do you know what the truth about alcoholism is? It's sadness

what are we drinkin lads?
I got a bramble right now

>>212128696
Les gooo

Tequila and water tonight, how long do herniated discs take to heal? Its been 3 months

>>212121454

Don't focus on the negative consequences of alcohol, as that simply does not work. Focus instead on what you believe alcohol gives you, and then, on an intellectual level, come to an understanding that it doesn't actually give you anything at all. It then becomes possible to stop ingesting the poison. Allen Carr helped me.

>>212129710
>how long do herniated discs take to heal?
Anon, I...

>>212127919
You don’t need contentment to be a an earthrocker

>>212128696
Miller lite and chivas

>>212126514
>>not a single Elizabeth Shue pic in here
Then who's this? >>212120733

>>212106821
No.

>>212110273
For discussing movies? What do you think this board is for? Who are you even replying to?

>redditredditreddit

Fuck off, incel.

>>212117754
It's not worth it. You'll eventually find that out.

I've been drinking a fifth every two days since April and this is my first day sober. I was able to quit for a month but I relapsed, it sucks. I want to be sober but I am really anxious at the moment and it's hell. I drink alone.

>>212122431
Weed.
I've concluded my 20 year dalliance with booze. The only alcohol I imbibe now is in the form of green dragon tincture I brew myself. 2 teaspoons of the stuff doesn't make me want to drink.
The mild and relaxing effects of cannabis are where it's at for me going into middle age and beyond. Anything else ends up dominating my life.

>>212124856
I'm gonna move into a really smart hotel

>>212132632
dont post my wife please, thank you

>>212124902
>my liddo tum-tum is achy

Grow up, motherfucker. The word is stomach.

>>212132782
alkie make me tummy ouchie faggot

>>212125879
Tell us stories please.

>>212132778

>>212126643
Eeesh. I remember being young and able to tolerate sweet fortified wines and spirits and not feel ill as death the next day. When I was a teenager and early twenties I could drink damn near anything and still go to work the next day.

Enjoy it while you can. The day will come when a single bottle of normal red wine will split your head open in the morning. I never thought such a thing would happen, but my body punishes me so badly for drinking now that I know I just can't. It will never be worth it again.

>>212129710
They won't if you keep getting loaded. You'll lay wrong or fall down and make it worse. Your relaxed and drunk body will not move carefully to avoid damage as it does when sober. I know the desire is strong but you should heal up before drinking again.

>>212132999
Checked but i didnt mean me, my wife herniated her disc and im caring for her while working from home. Its a lot because she can barely move and im just drinking when i can and shes asleep because i cant do anything else, only leave the house for groceries and hospital visits, whole summer is shot. My back is fine. Hers is bad.

>>212128696
Smirnoff, honestly having a great time right now. Cheers.

>>212132632
I also drink cause anxiety. Here's to a better future tomoko frag

>>212132938
I'm late 20s now and I'm starting to get hangovers. When I was a youngster I had zero hangover symptoms. Now I feel a little dizzy and just generally out of it when I wake up in the morning.
Part of the problem is probably due to the fact that I will stay up till like 3-5am and then wake up at 8-9am lmfao. I feel like shit sometimes when I wake up sober too so I think it's just age in general. I'm not even old yet but booze is probably taking its toll. I don't druk that often but when I do I go pretty hard.
Still absurd to me how quickly I will recover from the "hangovers" I get. Get out of bed, take a piss, make breakfast... already back to normal.

I left Las Vegas all week. In excess.
I'm leaving Las Vegas right now.

bump

>>212106906
Take it from someone that tried to do it, it's much MUCH harder then the movie makes it look at the end. You won't just suddenly die like he does in this movie, you will slowly slowly die as organs start to fail one by one. You'll be feeling like you're trapped in the worst nightmare of your life. Have good health insurance because you'll be making many many hospital trips before you even get close to death

>>212134422
Milleni-boomer here. I’ve been on a bender for about 4 years now. Just starting this week I’ve been unable to even force myself to have more than two drinks a couple nights this week, then have a dry heave spell or two the next morning.
Today was the worst. Barely drank last night but couldn’t keep a single thing down for about 11 hours.
I think my alcoholism-induced stomach cancer finally started.

you guys are romanticising being an alcoholic too much

>>212135633
I'm not an alkie, though. I just binge drink every weekend.

>>212133242

>>212135633
one day you'll learn

>>212106747 (OP)
John O'Brien legit killed himself after learning that Nicolas Cage would be portraying him in the movie.

>>212135915
Maybe, I'm still young
I'd like to think I would just deal with whatever pain sober

Sober for 35 days now. Don't think I've went a full week without drinking anything since I turned 18. I miss it but also don't. Never want to experience that last withdrawal I had after my last 3 week bender. Horrible shit. I went through it so many times but somehow still got back to drinking every time

>>212136580
bored yet?

>>212136580
Withdrawls get worse. its called progressive alcoholism for a reason. Especially if its a 3 week bender.

>>212136780
Not really. I'm actually feeling kinda good that I got here and don't have a desire to drink. I'm looking forward to getting in better shape again the longer I'm off it. I'd rather be a little bored than feeling like I'm gonna die in absolute terror and the anxiety of what I'm doing to my life not even just my body.

>>212137130
you really don't need that stuff bro. stay strong

>>212135008
This. I watched a guy drink 20 beers a day for about three years, no idea how long he'd been at it before I met him. One day he's in the hospital with his lower half all bloated and swollen with fluid. The doctors tell him "you drink, you die".
He gets his act together for a few months but soon he's right back at it and after another year of jaundice and other liver issues and hospitalizations he's fucking dead. Didn't even make it to forty. And about a month ago his ex wife who drank hard and made it another 4 years died of booze also.
I hope you guys see these types of stories and accept your fate or get out entirely. You know who you are. And dead by your mid-forties is your future if you keep going like this. Some of you truly do want that and are beyond caring. Others just haven't hit their bottom yet.

>>212137700
That was actually me. I'm actually still alive. Just wanted to lay low for a while while the ball and chain cratered lol

>>212135884
Binge drinking is a form of alcoholism if you can't stop drinking once you start and/or you blackout from it.
I started as a weekend binge drinker but I was an alcoholic from my first intoxication.
There's an ignorant notion that the definition of an alcoholic is only those who drink daily or constantly, when in reality it's anyone who has that "allergy", cannot drink like a normal person does, stopping at one or two.
>I'm not an alcoholic, I just get super bombed every Friday and Saturday night, without exception, and Sundays when it's a three day weekend. Basically if I don't have to work tomorrow I'm getting loaded.

That type may or may not be an alcoholic, but probably is and surely will be if continuing down that path.

>>212135945
Those things are true. But that's not why he did it.

>>212106906
With 30k you won't make it longin Vegas unless you are very frugal and never drink outside/bars/restaurants/casinos.
Any way the premise he drinks himself to dea4h in such a short period of time is bs anywayit takes many many years of alcohol alcoholism to die.

>>212136580
You've been given a valuable gift, anon. I hope you can keep it. I was like you for many years until that last drunk. Now I've got 8 years sober.
If my wild recklessness on benders didn't get me killed the booze itself eventually would have. I'm so grateful to have found that true desire to quit. Just wishing the cravings and need would go away isn't enough.

Congrats, anon. Stay strong.

>>212137847
That's actually me. I'm actually still alive. Just wanted to lay low while nicolas cratered lol.

>>212137130
It's so great the physical rebirth that follows getting sober. All that bloating and puffiness goes away. Mornings are not awful. The money saved, the time spent, everything is better except at the end of the day you can't just ignore your problems. But without the chains of alcoholism you can solve problems more easily. Especially financial and personal ones. Booze gets in the way of so much.

>>212137826
You're right but for the record, I managed two 30+ day sober streaks this year. And I might go for another starting tomorrow.

WHAT A LIFE

What's the best-tasting drink which you could REALLY go for right now?

>>212137893
He'd clearly had quite a case of "alcohol alcoholism" already, as was chronicled at the beginning of the movie in Hollywood when he's burning figuratively his bridges and then literally his stuff. Guess you haven't seen the movie.

>>212137939
How did you do it? What made you really quit?

>>212138037
I really only truly enjoyed beers. Some wines were okay, but the alcohol is so apparent. Spirit cocktails always taste like booze and I associate booze with sickness and headaches and remorse and despair.
Basically these days I could only ever go for a beer. And that scares me because that's the only possible path back to full blown alcoholism. I'm too strong for anything else, but "just a beer" has been chipping away at my sobriety for quite some time. Oh I know if I have a beer I'm having 30 of them. But it still wouldn't be the alcohol poisoning event that would occur if I drank hard A. I wouldn't take a drink of anything else, but a cold beer does sound nice because it does actually taste good. I'd drink N/A beers but I'm off carbs.

>>212138090
Not the same anon. But for me it was feeling like I was gonna die and also how bad it was for me. I was blowing all my money and people didn't want to be around me and the days just blurred together and I was tired of not being in control of my life. Think about all the things you want to do in life and how the continuing drinking will keep you from accomplishing what you want. I know some people consider themselves ''functioning'' alcoholics but I was far from that.

My main motivators were financial, health and vanity. The booze made me look like shit and I wanna be able to get poon again. Being sober now makes me dread thinking about what a mess I was just a year ago. It really is as simple as just fucking stop. You will be bored as fuck and feel like shit for the first week but tough it out and it gets easier.

>>212138037
I haven't experienced a wide variety of drinks but sweet red wine is very tasty

>>212138090
Just had enough of those strange mornings filled with fear and regret. I somehow fucked up a really good friendship on a blacked-out phone call and missed my chance to get concert tickets I really wanted. I was always fucking up and missing appointments but after years and years of it I'd just had enough. It had been building for a while. The hangovers were getting worse and the blackouts were coming on sooner.
Once you find yourself spending $400 a month on your nightly fifth and mixer, your entire life outside of your job is drinking or recovering from drinking, and you're getting *maybe* an hour of good times before the brain switches off and you discover the rest of your night by looking around at evidence of what you cooked/ate, who you called, what you broke, it's time to hang it up.

And despite all that I STILL want that relief and comfort from the early days. I think about drinking every single day. And every day I decide I'd better not. I already know the outcome. It's always the same. And since it's a progressive disease it will be even worse. I'll need 1.5 bottles and I'll blackout in 30 minutes and be even more sick than I would have been.
It's easy to quit. It's hard to stay quit. I don't know how I got it but I did. If not I'd still be drinking or dead by now. Everyone finds their own rock bottom. For me it was physical illness and the general disgust at what my life had become. But I'd had those things for years before and continued to drink anyway.

I wish I had better answers for you. But I do have support.