Can't argue with that logic. That's what all the temperance people back in the day could never understand. Drinking wasn't the problem, dealing with existence in industrial society was.
@rinnan82592 жыл бұрын
you’re pretending to have an idea of what’s going on like appreciation for holes in a cardboard box
@rinnan82592 жыл бұрын
all you know is eat hot chip n lie
@matthewgabbard64152 жыл бұрын
@@rinnan8259 Get back on your medication
@CemSarcaoglu2 жыл бұрын
I love that sentence.
@nploda14082 жыл бұрын
@@rinnan8259 lmao wtf?!
@lightbearer.946 ай бұрын
shit alcohol killed my family. lost everyone from car accidents homicides suicides cirrhosis hypothermic death.. all the fighting all the drama & bullshit was due to alcoholism. i quit drinking 9 years ago cause i was headed down the same road as them & all it took for me was a trip to the hospital when i got alcohol poisoning at 21. after that i stayed sober. im 30 now. im pretty proud i could say that im sober. i hope everyone struggling with any addiction can overcome & liberate themselves from this disease. before its too late.
@words4dyslexicon6 ай бұрын
amen, the alcohol eventually turned on Bukowski, made him sick & he quit before it killed him, & then he died. I quit 3 + yrs ago, it was taking good life energy & leaving dread doom & gloom in its place, I don't wanna go out like that.
@Checker_e6 ай бұрын
I'm struggling. I don't wanna die
@words4dyslexicon6 ай бұрын
@@Checker_e I watch & learn from Eckhart Tolle videos, have u ever heard of or checked out his videos?
@lightbearer.946 ай бұрын
@@Checker_e time to make some changes then if you want to live. you can do it.
@taxesrtheft4 ай бұрын
we're working on it
@avengemybreath3084Ай бұрын
Problem is - alcohol borrows from your future wellbeing. After a while of heavy drinking, your baseline is depression and anxiety, and you drink just to alleviate those symptoms and feel somewhat normal.
@ricaug5016 минут бұрын
So true! Only one who's experienced it can relate.
@3rdcoastnyucka9 жыл бұрын
I like to drink lot of beer, smoke weed, and read Bukowski.
@Artur-jx7zd9 жыл бұрын
blues of rock n roll At least he´s doing what he wants and probably what he feels good doing so.
@AliFareedMC9 жыл бұрын
+blues of rock n roll bukwaski was 73 years old when he died quick death? you know nothing
@konstantinosgk62149 жыл бұрын
Ali Fareed MC dude I wasn't referring about Bukowski, I was just referring general peace and love :)
@rinnan82592 жыл бұрын
big boy
@MedranoHijo2 жыл бұрын
I approve this recipe 😎
@Lumalnatti117 ай бұрын
Getting drunk makes me feel like a rock star for a few hours but the entire next day spent recuperating from the hangover is sometimes not worth those few hours.
@Michael_talks_5 ай бұрын
So true
@ro55reel55 ай бұрын
Next three days over here
@CoIoneIPanic5 ай бұрын
I like how you said Sometimes.😅😅😅😅
@BustertheAustralianShepherd3 ай бұрын
My mother and I have a gene where we don’t get hangovers. I just feel a bit dehydrated the next day
@smartandhandsome2 ай бұрын
@@andrewcullen3235 you should concern yourself with your little mutant children instead
@casinobeachbum10 ай бұрын
Growing up with panic Disorder & anxiety attacks in social groups and in open places like malls, alcohol was the only thing that worked to get me through life for the last 45 years.
@acapulcoscebu4497 ай бұрын
Try hypnotherapy my friend. Get the book instant confidence by Paul McKenna. That will get you confident in no time
@soundboyeric22765 ай бұрын
Me too. I can't function in "society" without being buzzed up
@CoIoneIPanic5 ай бұрын
@@soundboyeric2276society needs you to be buzzed up. We need you to be buzzed up otherwise we can't handle you. Good boy.
@Stoney-Jacksman4 ай бұрын
@@acapulcoscebu449 who told you he wasn't confident? also hypnotherapy works for light things for few/gullible passive people. Bur ido think nowadays there are way more things to try (depending on context) than to stick with the toxic alcohol. alcohol helps for a while but wrreaks havoc on your brain and body.
@FreekFreeksma25 күн бұрын
What about mindfulness meditation? Rigid exercise routine? Therapy? Alcohol seems like such an easy cop out for anxiety and panic attacks
@daioncrumbley2046 Жыл бұрын
“Heyy how you doing?” The way he said it is fucking hilarious🤣
@KomeFits4 ай бұрын
🤣😂
@djtomoy7 ай бұрын
Man, Budweiser ads were pretty brutal back in the day 😮
@tomkirk69427 ай бұрын
😂
@CoryJohnson-j4q5 ай бұрын
Good one!
@Losrandir3 ай бұрын
I think he liked Schlitz, at least at some point
@CharlesBukowski-m1o2 ай бұрын
@@LosrandirI gotta agree with my 83-yr old dad who remembered when Schlitz used to be head-to-head with Budweiser, that it was mainly advertising that pushed the Anheuser-Busch company ahead. Do not fear the awesome Schiltz! (For those who didn't like it, they called it SCHITZ back in the 1980s and '90s when I was a teen / real young adult)
@jimf.7 ай бұрын
I read Bukowski to get my mind straight from the world today and now. Bless all the Buk fans.
@KomeFits4 ай бұрын
Indeed may we stand unshaken
@JasonCoker-k4o6 күн бұрын
❤💯🤘
@arbin.m.50893 жыл бұрын
Just recently ordered his "On Drinking," the hard cover edition. Born in '92, I've been addicted to his poems & witty reads since 2009. He's a man of words that soon as you believe you've discovered everything you think you know of him, you discover more & more. It's glorious. 🍻.
@nploda14088 ай бұрын
Women is a great read!
@CharlesBukowski-m1o2 ай бұрын
@@nploda1408That book was incredible indeed! (Even though with some dating experience I could relate to a bit of it in my 20s, by my 30s and especially 40s--it's like the dude predicted by future without being a self-fulfilling prophecy.. I still like women, but I took the red pill a long time ago on them and it was the best thing ever!)
@stephenpompeo173Ай бұрын
@@nploda1408haha that one cracked me up
@DrSleep0010 жыл бұрын
Do what you love & let it kill you!
@yusufbayraktaroglu94509 жыл бұрын
Find what you love and let it kill you. in fact
@DrSleep009 жыл бұрын
Yusuf Bayraktaroglu he already found it at a young age so .Do what you love.
@soiboi515117 күн бұрын
Fent
@aaabbbcccddd1234iga17 күн бұрын
I love life and it's killing me
@mortenokeefe61262 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that Bukowski used to be drinking buddies with Jim Lahey
@Snarkythecat Жыл бұрын
lol those two would hate each other. I could see Bukowski being friendly with Ray, though.
@Max-kw2hp5 ай бұрын
@@Snarkythecat he would be friendly with Randy 😂
@mongee36143 ай бұрын
I have to disagree. I've seen more people get destroyed by alcohol then weed. Weed has its own issues. But I'd rather be stoned and relaxed then drunk and clumsy
@mangore6232 ай бұрын
That wasn’t the issue he was addressing. Bukowski was saying that marijuana users lose their vitality and vigour through repeated use of the drug. In my experience, I’d agree with his assessment.
@mongee36142 ай бұрын
@@mangore623 that can be said when abusing anything that alters our mind
@timwhitmore710 күн бұрын
@@mongee3614 As a former heavy stoner (and occasional drinker), I noticed the people who drank but didn't really smoke weed seemed to keep their human normal social selves. Whereas, as pointed out in the video, weed definitely seems to cause a spiritual disconnect. Stoners tend to go in their own bubble and become somewhat detached from normal life. Seen otherwise normal people turn into different and almost unrecognisable characters from it. That was basically the case for me. Drinkers might suffer with hangovers and be worse for wear the next day, but it´s like they don't altogether lose themselves or their minds. Although unhealthy, it´s still better to be among the public at a bar or something than hiding away with other stoners.
@Jb991-q9x3 күн бұрын
Pot always made me super paranoid and gave me panic attacks , alcohol makes me more relaxed , thought I've seen the opposite effect on other ppl
@ChristianPaulsen982 жыл бұрын
He is one of a kind man, and a legend, but let's face it, he's just telling this BS to justify his alcoholism. It destroys your life, and you live in chaos, BUT if chaos is what you seek then I say it is a very good idea, and I can respect it 😁
@dtschuor459 Жыл бұрын
Yep. This.⬆️
@andrewwye1058 Жыл бұрын
Don’t agree. He was always looking for something more, not simply an excuse to live his life. The fact he didn’t know what it was he was looking for, makes it all the more real and human. Fabulous human being, flaws, warts, shortcomings, everything most of us are shit scared to be. Hats off.
@rudociliak66836 ай бұрын
That's why I combine both , weed and booze! 😂
@l21n184 ай бұрын
No it doesn’t and I don’t even really agree with him
@AHC44100 Жыл бұрын
My grand father drank everyday of his life since his 13 years old, except maybe when he did army. He's 86 now strong as fuck. Coolest man I ever met
@youknowwhoiam2771 Жыл бұрын
Man’s got an addiction. Same as the rest of us…
@Eliza-yd7fi Жыл бұрын
Write here when he dies
@JC-xz2gv Жыл бұрын
Just don’t let him stop
@theobaldlolworth4717 Жыл бұрын
My great-granduncle still had fought in WW1 at the Isonzo front, he drank at least a double-litre of white wine every day, said that pure water would 'give one worms', he died at the age of 96.
@bgggsht Жыл бұрын
People born in early 20th century were/are made of different clay. Maybe it's about the food or the air of their youth, maybe the fact that they did much more physical work and were more active in general - either way these people often lived to 90 and above.
@jackbailey7037 Жыл бұрын
Possibly for him, with his terrible childhood, alcohol worked, but the vast majority of heavy drinkers, who aren't creative, end up destroying themselves and their families. Agree with him about marijuana.
@lh73257 ай бұрын
Yeah, I'm an alcoholic and it's ruined my life. I used to have things going for me, too.
@sunnymann96397 ай бұрын
@@lh7325 im going through a bad break up at the moment. Considering alcohol as my mind and thoughts are unbearable. I'm 19 don't know what to do
@lh73257 ай бұрын
@@sunnymann9639 Don't do it. Trust me. I've been an alcoholic since I was around your age, and it's soul-destroying. It won't help at all - it'll just make your depression and other issues much worse.
@sunnymann96396 ай бұрын
@@lh7325I’m gonna keep that in the back of my mind but I don’t see this feeling in my head disappearing anytime soon. It’s like a mountain sitting on my head. But thanks ima definitely take that into consideration
@bentrend6 ай бұрын
@@sunnymann9639 i remember reading a quote, don’t remember from who, that said something along the lines of “it’s true that alcohol numbs the pain, but it weakens your resolve to overcome the pain that drove you to drink in the first place.” Booze only temporarily mutes feelings that you’ll have to reckon with eventually, only they’ll be worse by then. Heartbreak drove me to years of heavy drinking and it’s no solution, believe me!
@tfkop9 Жыл бұрын
Nice refreshing take, I’m gonna have a drink now 🎉
@scottmcamis21276 ай бұрын
Booze is my gate way drug! Sober three years now. Life is much better!
@crawlingamongthestars37366 ай бұрын
I personally don't think alcohol is really that big an issue if a person can keep it in moderation, but yeah, seems Bukowski was totally in denial about his alcoholism, though he was a severely traumatized person, so it makes sense... Honestly it's amazing he was able to go on drinking for as long as he did. He must have been super fortunate genetically, at least regarding that aspect of himself, veteran drunk that he was.
@gabrielhershman2313 Жыл бұрын
He could be right that drunks can bounce back more easily than habitual dope users. But ... like many drunks he doesn't ask why so many drinkers end up in dead-end jobs. They blame everything for what's troubling them except the drink itself. Maybe if they weren't drinking so much they wouldn't be in a crappy job.
@amanalone347311 ай бұрын
And yet many start drinking because they have the crappy job to begin with. Vicious cycle.
@valentineotto109910 ай бұрын
Perhaps many of us don't find anything other than shitty jobs ?
@WoodDemonX10 ай бұрын
Nah the system is in place long before that. Some people will take to drinking no matter what. I could make a million dollars an hour and I would still drink everyday. It is what it Is.
@TheYannickOne10 ай бұрын
there’s no difference between these jobs and alcohol. its purpose is to keep the masses calm like he is. the system‘s not interested in losing the working class, not because they’re not interested in the people but in not losing their power.
@StevenGladden-ue7ty9 ай бұрын
It's the same thing with stoners
@VinOptimaxxx5 ай бұрын
I can't agree with this. Drinking can distract you from the pain of enduring life, but if that's all there is then I prefer to experience it and try to work out what it's telling me (if anything).
@krunkle51362 жыл бұрын
Both alcohol and weed are bad for the memory if not in moderation. Make it special, an occasional time to introspect.
@yoswayd55208 ай бұрын
I had a girlfriend who had a complete psychic break from heavy pot use. Started hearing the voice of God and became a devout holy roller after years of agnosticism. Her life is better now but I feel like it was forced on her, the change was
@scottrc53916 ай бұрын
@user-gs3tq6bx2u Actually psychosis is a documented effect of long-term pot use, but NOT alcohol. Cirrhosis is a documented long-term effect of HEAVY drinking, but NOT pot. You see? Let's not deny facts here so potheads don't have to feel bad about what they're doing to themselves.
@johngoldsworthy71355 ай бұрын
That’s called an awakening, not psychic break
@timwhitmore710 күн бұрын
This basically happened to me. I became a born-again Christian during covid when I smoked weed almost every day. I went into a period of mania for a few months, where though I was definitely part crazy, many of the experiences with the Holy Spirit were genuine. The problem is weed lowers spiritual defences, meaning that evil spirits enter much more readily. Like me, your girlfriend would've been having genuine holy experiences but combined with demonic experiences (causing the craziness). I quit smoking altogether soon after and am still as devout of a believer 4 years later.
@jeremypeirce2721 Жыл бұрын
"The lifetime number of drinks for people who are prone to depression should be ZERO. You cannot handle it." "You should use [drugs/alcohol] to feel DIFFERENT, not the same."
@bismarkmontalvan685020 күн бұрын
I've seen alot of people get destroyed by alcohol.
@melblank7609 жыл бұрын
he's absolutely right, marijuana may make u peaceful but its short lasting & lessens ur spirit dramatically, dulls ur senses & makes u weak...whiskey can bring u back from the dead, liven u up, makes u feel connected /w a great energy
@Nothing-qq4hd3 жыл бұрын
Early times whiskey
@rainsauzer7602 жыл бұрын
@@Nothing-qq4hd what about after
@Nothing-qq4hd2 жыл бұрын
@@rainsauzer760 a cold budweiser never before as the saying goes whiskey before beer never fear beer whiskey mighty risky
@DanielAnderssson Жыл бұрын
Every statement like this is false. Sure this might be true for Bukowski, but everyone is different so...
@valentineotto109910 ай бұрын
Alcohol lessens your spirit much more than weed , it actually destroys it long term. He knew nothing about the health and spiritual benefits of cannabis
@richardcollier19123 жыл бұрын
I got a late, late start in life. Only started drinking wine in 2019. Then the Plague swept everybody away I knowed except me. Hallelujah.
@readmelancholystrumpetmaster9 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@ArtWithNoLimits Жыл бұрын
Whoever was responsible for editing this video did a great job 😁👍 “I’ll just freeze it whenever he takes a sip” 😌
@williamhurstactor Жыл бұрын
Dude doesn't "sip" his alcohol. ;D
@marcopiazza35025 ай бұрын
Charles discovered alcohol at 16. For him it was like finding relief from his existence and tension. It worked for him. At 35 he was in the hospital corridor vomiting blood. Like many others, he was waiting for death... Thanks to the taxes paid by his father he was entitled to transfusions and so he came out of it... Some of Buk's acquaintances and his loved ones died... He had a hard temper, and in the end he wasn't even died of alcoholism.. One important thing to say about Buk. He always wrote even when he was drinking and for him it was a way to endure life and a shitty world and be able to make the words flow, he almost never used alcohol to numb himself.. He grew up during the depression of 29.. And his father often hit him with the strop to sharpen the razor. Every person has their own life. He was lucky and it was for everyone who found: love, irony and sincerity in his writing, and also a friend as a companion during sleepless nights!
@kristinmccloy2 ай бұрын
he discovered alcohol at the age of eight, never looked back
@kristinmccloy2 ай бұрын
and yes on the man who keeps you company on those sleepless night s - Run with the Hunted!
@marcopiazza35022 ай бұрын
@@kristinmccloy In the book Ham Sandwich he talks about 16 years old, in his friend's cellar...
@trevorschneider89193 жыл бұрын
3:20 for all the Mac Miller fans who want to hear the intro to wedding 🙌🏽
@matchbox24822 жыл бұрын
Ha ha that’s what I’m here for
@rikki79542 жыл бұрын
I was on tiktok and came across this guy’s interviews and was like “wait i know this vioice” and that’s why i’m here lol
@Oliver-rb7zc Жыл бұрын
thank you so much, been looking for the orignal vid for quite some time
@Birdbrain69 Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@brunoescalante4429 Жыл бұрын
Love u
@ianpearson89766 ай бұрын
Alcohol is most destructive drug on the planet.
@Wizzy6784 ай бұрын
Not when ur drink in solitude like a sad person
@scottbeater-man371410 ай бұрын
I wish all drunks were like this man. He had a calm and endearing charm even after a bottle of scotch. Some of my friends cant even have two shots withought wanting to throw fists
@adamjefford84897 ай бұрын
You clearly haven’t read his books and how he interacts with women
@ClarenceJBoddicker19877 ай бұрын
This wasn't the norm for him.
@emsee24 ай бұрын
bukowski is literally known for bar fights lol
@stevebuffington65343 ай бұрын
He had a terrible temper sometimes, even worse when drunk. I’ve seen him kick a woman when drunk - Hard!
@gregoryporch839514 күн бұрын
Comes with the territory. Drinking liquor is a contact sport.
@robertjosan3 күн бұрын
I agree but in my experience alcoholics are much more violent than drug users
@mikidomeny16773 жыл бұрын
with marihuanna its just as important to start as it is to stop. just like everything in life in the twoheaded world, you must balance it out.
@Kometheus2 жыл бұрын
What?
@fernandopessoa70772 жыл бұрын
Balance is for Philippe Petit..
@timnicholas18325 ай бұрын
I cant watch Bukowski without Heineken or red wine. I feel relatable to him, close to him, or something.
@christianperez7846 Жыл бұрын
Weed is a good drug. But it should be moderated more than booze and nicotine. Or caffeine for that matter. I’ve seen so many people become pot heads and they lose their emotional connection. Bukowski is saying, at least alcoholics face reality on a regular basis.
@valentineotto109910 ай бұрын
What's so great about facing reality on a regular basis ? This reality sucks so badly
@Khaospice105 ай бұрын
My moral contradiction ! Im between not living Life like a victim and try to be better or leave everything beyond and just live like a bump 😂
@davidbeddoe66705 ай бұрын
@@valentineotto1099 It keeps you real.
@grandchatdaddy6 ай бұрын
Alcohol will eventually, for some people remove them from the Face of this Earth.
@dane21dc3 ай бұрын
And some it already has
@Tdiddy-fc5hr13 күн бұрын
Anything or nothing someone does will eventually bring them to their demise. ;), that's the point. The journey is the destination.
@WasunanTonrab9 жыл бұрын
he's the greatest
@Patrick-od2bd2 жыл бұрын
he really is
@zakur0hako3 жыл бұрын
i spent my early 20s smoking weed 24/7 but eventually gravitated back to drinking. not sure if its a good thing but nowadays (am 31) prefer a good drink rather than smoking some
@luisgudino16212 жыл бұрын
Careful man, I was the same now I have kidney issues. I’m only 28
@matthewgabbard64152 жыл бұрын
Pot isn't a drug. It is a waste of time though. If you wanna smoke a bit before you go to bed that is cool, but if you smoke it during the day it just makes you feel retarded
@mongogojjo59442 жыл бұрын
no its definitely not a fucking good thing that you switched out one of the least destructive drugs of all time for one of the most. Charles was right on a lot of things, what he said here was stupid.
@ZapCrackRap2 жыл бұрын
@@mongogojjo5944 bro are u stupid? Drink or not drink we all are gonna die fool!!!! Everyone here is gonna die and nobody is gonna remember us in 1000 years just do what ever you fucking want, just don't do it in excess that's all
@WoodDemonX9 ай бұрын
@@mongogojjo5944 Man weed is for children or those looking to resignation. Alcohol is for the warriors of life.
@jacksonbollocks Жыл бұрын
I would rather be around someone who had just smoked some weed than an loud obnoxious pissed up alcohol drinker any day.
@leonnaranjo86827 ай бұрын
Its a lifestyle
@luckyluc66546 ай бұрын
@@leonnaranjo8682your point is?
@leonnaranjo86826 ай бұрын
@@luckyluc6654 Pot heads like other pot heads and drunks like other drunks.
@luckyluc66546 ай бұрын
@@leonnaranjo8682 you've never been outside so?
@CharlesBukowski-m1o2 ай бұрын
@@luckyluc6654Nailed it! I love booze and weed. In fact, I need to go back to throwing in some weed. Nevertheless, Charles is right in this interview in a lot of ways. Even though Ace Frehley of Kiss stopped drinking, he had a classic comment about his teeth totaling bandmates and control freaks, Paul and Gene, that went, "NEVER TRUST A MAN WHO DOESN'T DRINK!" (Even in my two or three year stints of abstinence from alcohol, I'd rather hang around a drinker than some damn teetotaler tiptoeing around society)
@waltercoyle63933 ай бұрын
We are all here watching this video for the same reason.
@AethelWolf-w2f2 ай бұрын
Because we're alcoholics?
@zuv85942 ай бұрын
I'm watching it for someone else
@andrewcullen32352 ай бұрын
@@zuv8594 my favorite comment
@zuv85942 ай бұрын
@@andrewcullen3235
@StephenOconnor-g2o2 ай бұрын
Cos we alcoholics who shit the bed
@gmac25589 күн бұрын
You've got to stay hydrated
@peterosi1926 ай бұрын
I fucking love drinking
@peterosi1922 ай бұрын
@@StephNuggs yeah well i have been drinking every day since i was 13 and since 20 i have been drinking from morning till im asleep. And i am 34 now. So i think i know a thing or two about a thing or two...
@Jay-o1s7pАй бұрын
You found 'something'
@GorGob4 сағат бұрын
Beer is my daily bread! Thank lord!
@sopranosfan1113 күн бұрын
So true. So much of the reason why people drink is to wind down after work, fall asleep and go back to work the next day. Rinse and repeat.
@paulburns13332 жыл бұрын
Spot on about weed, turns people into crashing bores who talk about nothing but smoking weed. Imagine sitting in a bar listening to some jerk talking about drinking beer.
@MedranoHijo2 жыл бұрын
There are plenty of ppl out there smoking weed as drifters, living spontaneous lives. That way of living had been termed as "Pineapple Expressing". So no, we can nolonger always associate Marijuana with absolute laziness.
@8ohvibesrecords8112 жыл бұрын
That’s only the newbies😂😂 think about when you first started drinking? Every drink you haven’t seen before was like meeting god. Drunk. Stoned. All a different bag baby..
@CheeseCrumbs00 Жыл бұрын
I think its the culture of the people smoking weed, not the weed itself
@j.r.a.inthacut81484 күн бұрын
Maybe if you're a teenager smoking weed. Adults that smoke typically carry on intellectual conversations. The same can be said about alcohol.
@Faebaeeee2 жыл бұрын
beer forever!
@Bek-bl2ed3 ай бұрын
In heaven there is no beer That’s why we drink it here And when we are gone from here All our friends will be drinking all our beer
@thebeeinthereeds98452 жыл бұрын
My dad and gran pappy before him was drunkards. I'm a drunkard. I wanna break the cycle. This is not the way to be. This is outdated tech, we got better shit now like life family country. I use to totally agree with him . Till I literally felt the hand of death. The grim reaper is real. I'll share my story with anyone who asks.
@ryanlee27272 жыл бұрын
If you dont mind me asking, what's the story?
@Gaphalor Жыл бұрын
Yea what's the story? Are you still around?
@kombaster93986 ай бұрын
Say buddy
@Khaospice105 ай бұрын
Would like to know !
@paulvh84 Жыл бұрын
Love this clip & love that he’s drinking a bottle of Beck’s (or at least that’s what I can vaguely tell that it is).
@JonathanNelsonOfficial2 жыл бұрын
Gotta master balance though being drunk all the time is shit and it ruins the people around you. It’s a gimmick.
@RyanJensenEE3 жыл бұрын
He is a saint.
@richardcollier19123 жыл бұрын
He's my savior, man. My own personal jesus christ.
@jeziscricket44482 жыл бұрын
Hes a saint of satan.
@gregoryvincke Жыл бұрын
@@richardcollier1912 He's my God.
@sasa-ix9yd Жыл бұрын
I don't really want to assign a lable to this very talented and tormented and blessed man....for all his pain and pleasure and excess and madness yeah he is pretty high up there...a great soul
@2Times22 Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@peterfrancis61942 жыл бұрын
I mean, within his socio-political climate, what he had to go through....he's kind of right.
@jaredbond79083 жыл бұрын
Everyone has their preferences, and I just trust people. The truth is, everyone is trying to be their best, most productive selves. Really. And they know themselves the best. So let people do what they want. And likewise, always judge them equally, too. A person shouldn't have the excuse "I was drunk" or "I was high". No, that's them. But on a personal level, yeah, I hate pot. And I'm also very suspicious of caffeine. But it's all because it just personally dimishes me. I just really think that I can't think as well on it, and thinking is my only value, my lifeblood. One more note - I was really freakin tired of ruining my health with alcohol, so I got medication. Gabapentin. I seriously can't believe that I don't crave alcohol all the time now. Thank god for it. I eat a lot, and sleep a lot, but at least I'm not friggin drinking. I had to learn personally the effects of drinking constantly. It will rot your teeth out, and ruin your bowels. I got blisters on my tongue from constantly drinking. Man, it's a miracle I survived. I also smoke occasionally now too.
@Kometheus2 жыл бұрын
You sound like a very interesting person
@Khaospice105 ай бұрын
Im having the same problems , im 32 trying to stop drinking cause all m’y Life ive been sipping ! I ruined my relationship with my ex my lasts jobs my health im feeling ultra anxious cause i know Im conscient that if i Keep up like these im gonna Die soon
@DarrenWulfen13 жыл бұрын
People need to consider that his view of potheads and drunkards is only specific to what he has seen. He has no universal opinion on the subject, it's subjective because anyone else can find contradictory information. That being said, he is always enlightening.
@waqqodonkey9 жыл бұрын
man, this guy had some demons .... and I'm all for alcohol too!
@michaelantony14462 жыл бұрын
When in rome...but a cold BEER is always good..
@fernandopessoa70772 жыл бұрын
‘When in Rome, do as the Romanians do.’ Don Ainsworth.
@AnleifrFIN3 ай бұрын
I used to smoke alot, drink even more. There has always been a divide, a gap, between drunks and stoners, but we each got our own poison. Some people do multiple poisons though. They are the ones who truly understand the nature of addiction, without judging others.
@RaijQuentin3 ай бұрын
I love Bukowski's poetry, but alcohol is fucking shit.
@xxcrysad3000xx Жыл бұрын
Well that two minutes didn't stand the test of time, lol. I love an old drunken poet but at the end of the day, I love them more cuz they're an old drunk than because they're a good poet.
@emsee24 ай бұрын
ive been a pot smoker for at least 6 years, still get the urge to smoke but i stick to alcohol and cigarettes. not because they're better vices, theyre not, but because weed tends to give me a numbness in my head like my brain was attached to an electric outlet on 200 amps.
@DainNormanMusicАй бұрын
Marijuana basically amplifies your intention, so it will do what you want in your processing, if you want to just be numb it will do that, if you want to connect more it will definitely do that, emotional processing as well, when you take THC what is actually happening is your brain is utilizing different areas within itself than it would usually, enhancing creative thought, and new perspectives
@HadrianBlindEye2 жыл бұрын
He was right about a lot of things. Marijuana? Not so much....and I haven't smoked in nearly 12 years
@mongogojjo59442 жыл бұрын
yeah, what he said here was laughably ridiculous. I would've punched him for it, coming from someone who drinks booze, smokes weed AND pops pills. I don't give a fuck life is too short, weed is only good for enhancing drugs that give you actual Euphoria like morphine and other opioids. Otherwise it's a waste of time
@GODLY_Stephen2 жыл бұрын
i’ve smoked everyday for 10 years and he’s right marijuana drains your soul out of you. it dulls your personality and fogs your mind. it also increases anxiety and depression. go look at the medical papers it’s facts. marijuana is incredible if you’re sick but if you’re healthy it’s very limiting
@Untitlednobody6 ай бұрын
Only bukowski would argue that alcohol is more benificial than marijuana- And that drunks are better than weed smokers… You gotta love him!
@greedye827Күн бұрын
I agree that alcohol soothed me for a long time but eventually it stopped working. I had to find a spiritual connection through something else other than "spirits".
@PálGyula-e6pАй бұрын
He was so great! Real man! I am christian, and i love Jesus! I love this man! Real! I loved him!
@dylanharkin81983 жыл бұрын
great writer
@barrygol71462 жыл бұрын
My dad is a professional drunk, he is a cool guy, he drinks 2 liters of 40% drinks per day. And he is 63.
@47fortyseven472 жыл бұрын
RIP your dad, he might not be dead yet but for when it happens cus i know its coming up
@barrygol71462 жыл бұрын
@@47fortyseven47 It is a miracle he made it to 63
@SheriffBudBoomer2 жыл бұрын
sounds painful as hell.
@itachiuchiha17142 жыл бұрын
2 litres of 40%? Bit of an exaggeration there
@victorfoulds1519 Жыл бұрын
I drink 3 bottles of whisky 40 proof a day for last decade I am still here
@User736982 ай бұрын
I'm not advocating either way. But a major study was done and they concluded that pot ages the brain faster than booze. I smoked a lot of pot in my youth and now drink pretty regularly. Based on hangovers I think booze is harder on the body and brain than pot. But when I was a stoner, I did know that I was in a haze. A nice haze, but in a haze.
@eesaabdurrahman15692 ай бұрын
Major study? Source? That’s utter crap. Unless the subjects in the study where limiting themselves to one drink . Getting drunk causes much more brain damage.
@ryanembry98753 жыл бұрын
Hank had most likely never tried any good sativa. I think a guy like him would appreciate a couple tokes of some Jack herer with his morning coffee
@yehorboiko48833 жыл бұрын
Ok you're one of those who would show up two years later totally wasted.
@matthewgabbard64152 жыл бұрын
Weed is not the secret to the universe. If you like it great, but don't make it a lifestyle choice. You will wake up one day and realize you've been living in a semi retarded haze. The mind has to be curious always
@blackspring3207 Жыл бұрын
Bukowski, though a famous drinker, went on to discover in his old age that he was capable of writing just as well sober as on the bottle, and he explicitly stated that he regretted not learning this fact sooner. Furthermore, and more to your point, some corners of his work reference instances of him smoking reefer, usually with underwhelming results, but once in a blue moon he gave it something tantamount to weak approval. I think he did incorporate it more routinely during a few short phases of his life, but it never did for him what alcohol did.
@tonimarx6405Күн бұрын
I was a chronic alcoholic for 25yrs. I lived in a total fantasy world, believing i was some kind of lost wise man that people hadn't discovered yet. When in reality i was a dribbling, incoherent loser. Best thing I ever did was put the bottle down.
@simonsmith11398 ай бұрын
My mum said; "Alcohol is your enemy." Jesus said; "Love your enemy!"
@jgregg7100Ай бұрын
Smoke weed while you drink beer, thays the way
@thatssomething1Ай бұрын
Every night mayne 😆😉
@jgregg7100Ай бұрын
@@thatssomething1 🤣 literally just started like 10 min ago
@rustybeachwood461316 күн бұрын
This guy makes me drunk just listening to him. He is right about some things. Some things Not so much.
@marionagarcia47710 жыл бұрын
Hank, the best.
@richardcollier19123 жыл бұрын
I am changing my name to Hank H. Hank. Honest!
@MedranoHijo2 жыл бұрын
@@richardcollier1912 😂😂
@aleks15869 ай бұрын
Beer Is the answer to all your questions
@farklestaxbaum4945 Жыл бұрын
Based & Redpilled
@18lxryb10 жыл бұрын
Now the pot heads are butt hurt
@hikedayley930920 күн бұрын
As long as drinking is consummated by the act of swallowing...make mine Whiskey! That was old me. Now I'm sober almost 38 years. Life is good!One day at a time.
@mikeymike2256Күн бұрын
Yet, he didn't live long!
@benedge102 жыл бұрын
This comment section has some really dumb comments, this was when cannabis was highly illegal, his comments seem like he’s favoring a legal side, and acting arrogant toward weed smokers😂 fact of the matter there are much more gun violence, deaths, domestic abuse, murders/suicides from alcohol abuse. Cannabis is the peace plant!
@valentineotto109910 ай бұрын
Yes totally agree
@mesasavage9 күн бұрын
Addicts love playing the blame game. Me??? MY addiction isn’t as bad as OTHER addiction! It’s exactly what I’d expect a drunk to say, “nah man, it’s the stoners that’s the problem”.
@Tennishero5 күн бұрын
Would be a great ad for Budweiser
@David-tb6uo8 ай бұрын
What interview is this?
@AdamasOldblade8 ай бұрын
"3 Dollar a week room"... In 2024 my studio apartment is over $1,300. 1,300 divided by 30 is 43.3. Cost of living since this interview has gone up 14 times. The rich don't care, never will. They'll just have more people write articles about how poor people aren't buying diamonds and blame the poor.
@avengemybreath3084Ай бұрын
Both your math, and your ending logic, are off a bit.
@aryasurya23322 жыл бұрын
Straight upper cut !
@modernape98782 жыл бұрын
what the hell is this man talking about?? lmao. i love bukowski
@HaroldHivart5 ай бұрын
One thing which is true about marijuana is that at the end you become a slug : no more energy, no more will, no more mind... just a slug who smokes grass.. Alcohol is terrible as well.. even worst.. but with alcohol you still can do things.. & Life, the meaning of Life is to do things.
@drbalbon73324 ай бұрын
I'd never touch that poison. It's the South American exports or nothing for me.
@francisfrain63857 ай бұрын
Much respect to Bukowski but every drug addict loves to find a way to defend his drug of choice. I've heard a cronic pot smoker give the exact same argument as this one. In the end of the day everything is fine in moderation. And if you feel you can't handle it with moderation then don't handle it at all.
@TheFitzy932 жыл бұрын
U never really see a pothead end up homeless but u sure do c a lot of alcoholics turn up to bums on the street. .
@errolwright9032 Жыл бұрын
Halelujah
@hellstryker96385 күн бұрын
Dedicating my next bottle to you my guy 🍻
@outlawmakaveli413 жыл бұрын
When he went in on marijuana I was thinking I HOPE THEY REMEMBER HANK THANOS VOICE
@richardcollier19123 жыл бұрын
Uh, what?
@outlawmakaveli413 жыл бұрын
@@richardcollier1912 he's wrong about smoking that was in his day
@Fennias8 ай бұрын
He's no prophet... lol He is a poet!
@j.r.a.inthacut81484 күн бұрын
To each their own. Neither is correct. Whatever works for you.
@BrundageBungalows14 күн бұрын
I cant believe i once looked up to this man...
@SHENDOH3 ай бұрын
Mr Bukowski and I share this day of our birth. I'm burning hard
@CyborgDave6 ай бұрын
It's because of this guy that I can't quit drinking.
@NyosCameroon2 жыл бұрын
Weed is a gate way drug. Believe it I still smoke and I’ve said Imll never try any other drug but when you’re in pain weed stops helping so much
@mongogojjo59442 жыл бұрын
no it's not. Alcohol is a gateway drug, I would have never tried speed or cocaine in my life if I wasn't drunk I hate uppers. There's nothing gateway about weed at all, Caffeine is the first drug most people ever consume, are you gonna say caffeine is a gateway drug now? NO, people like different things. People have different tastes in drugs, and alcohol IS a drug.
@NyosCameroon2 жыл бұрын
@@mongogojjo5944 well for my experience it has made me want more anti depressants or a way of “escape” it’s different for everybody. But it is still a gateway drug for many
@NyosCameroon2 жыл бұрын
@@mongogojjo5944 You’re bringing up coffee? I never said anything about coffee. Stop putting words in my mouth thank you❤️
@NyosCameroon2 жыл бұрын
@@mongogojjo5944 anything addicting is considered a drug. Anyways I hope everyone reading this gets through the things they don’t talk about. Swallow your pride and your anger cus it’s not cute
@anthonyzenn70823 күн бұрын
Long time weed smoker here! Heeeeyyyyyyyy
@patricksantos-io2op Жыл бұрын
I'm a drinker and love cocaine....have struggled with opiates....but love me a shot of tequila a beer ,line of good coke....drop ACID ever once here and there....not into weed .