Have a look at this interesting bit from E. Jean Carroll’s book “Hunter The Strange And Savage Life Of Hunter S. Thompson. Don’t try this at home!
To the Publisher. Hunter Thompson is the finest, most generous man I have ever met in my life, and the greatest living writer in America. Laetitia Snap is the admirable author of many scientific articles having to do with birds, but if my name is in any way connected with this sleazy, bottom-feeding project, my atty. will be at yr. throat. E. Jean Carroll…
Daily Routine…
3:00 PM rise
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, 2 margaritas, 2 cheeseburgers, 2 orders of fries, a plate of tomatoes, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heinken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured 3 or 4 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
12:05 – 6:00 am Chartreuse, cocaine, grass, Chivas, coffee, Heineken, clove cigarettes, grapefruit, Dunhills, orange juice, gin, continuous porographic movies.
6:00 the hot tub – champagne, Dove Bars, fettuccine Alfredo
8:00 Halcyon
8:20 sleep…







What a trooper
Mr Thompson sure had a serious relationship with time.
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