Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Johnson rigidly rationed his alcohol, became a calorie counter and slimmed down to 180 Ibs. That, like giving up smoking, was torture for one raised in Texas ranch country on meals as "filling" (meaning fatty and rich) as Mother could provide, one who had developed a taste for thick, marbled steaks, preferably followed by peaches and cream. Often, when Lady Bird Johnson served dessert to others but none to him, Lyndon tinkled the service bell and demanded his banana pudding...
...Benzedrine and marijuana and writing nonstop off the top of his head. But Kerouac lived mainly in his memories. "Nostalgia dominated Jack's soul," said his friend and most eloquent eulogist Allen Ginsberg, who also saw Kerouac as "the last of the great American Christian drinkers." It was alcohol that contributed to the abdominal hemorrhaging that killed him three years...
...Cassady caromed naturally from the Beat Generation into the acid culture. He joined Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters and was last seen heading into Mexico, where in 1968 he dropped dead next to a railroad track after a spree fueled by a fatal blend of drugs and alcohol. Thus ended Kerouac's final vision: he and his friend Cassady growing old together, living with their families on the same street in some quiet backwater. Very touching, and very American. James Fenimore Cooper fantasies the last Mohicans, Kerouac dreams up Neal Cassady as the last cowboy...
...combat the chilling impersonality of the recording studio, rock stars have been known to indulge in alcohol, pot or worse. But the recent events at Detroit's Westbound Records were something new. "The mood of music is now flowing through your mind, through your body, through your entire being," boomed Damon, a regular guest on late-night TV talk shows several years back. "When I count to four, Skip will count off the first number." One...two...three...On four, Van Winkle struck a chord on his electric organ, Teegarden spun a roll on his drums, and away they...
...first symptom is a slight trembling of the shoulders. Then comes a weakness in the legs, then a sweating of the palms. Chills, fever, even nausea sometimes follow. Some victims regularly employ mild doses of alcohol for temporary relief. The more imaginative resort to yoga and hypnosis. Whatever the antidote, the common malady known as stage fright is accepted far and wide as a natural part of the performing experience...