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{{trope}}
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▲[[File:Simpsons_Shot_2_2997.jpg|link=The Simpsons|right|When one "[[I Need a Freaking Drink|Freaking Drink]]" isn't enough.]]
{{quote|''"When you drink like that, it isn't for pleasure. It's because your thoughts have become diseases. You do it because it's the only easy cure you can find."''|'''Ginn Hale''', ''Wicked Gentlemen''}}
When characters get frustrated, they [[I Need a Freaking Drink|need a freaking drink]]. But when they are depressed, they get drunk. Then they might start acting very strangely indeed.
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A well-known [[Truth in Television]]. It is often played for sympathetic laughs, but it can also be dramatic, pathetic, embarrassing or angsty, especially if it goes with [[Off the Wagon]]. Characters who do this may also suffer from [[Bad Dreams]] and are prone to [[Forgets to Eat|not eating enough]], and it might lead to [[Sex for Solace|spending the night with somebody]] as the next step in "healing."
Men who undergo this for a period often grow a [[Beard of Sorrow]] during the time.
If a friend shows up, the [[Power of Friendship]] can convert this to [[To Absent Friends]]. Sometimes. If not? [[Nailed to
The [[Bottle Fairy]] does this from time to time. The [[Wide
If the depressed character recovers, it will probably lead to a [[He's Back]] moment.
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== Anime and Manga ==
* On ''[[Maison Ikkoku]]'', Godai and Mitaka have decided to duke it out once and for all for the hand of the fair Kyoko. Too bad this is Tokyo, where it seems like every street corner has a cop waiting to book you for causing a public disturbance. The guys end up at a beer vending machine drowning their sorrows.
* David from ''[[Blood
* {{spoiler|Lisa Kujoh aka}} Sumeragi Lee Noriega in ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' personally implies that her constant drinking is for this single purpose.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' one of Negi's fellow teachers [[Unsuspectingly Soused|accidentally gave him some sake]] while eating in Satsuki's restaurant. The scene quickly degenerated into this trope as a drunken Negi [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/v09/c073/14.html cried out his troubles].
* ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
** Same thing happens pretty often in another game of the series, ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro
* ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'': Misa Hayase goes to a bar and gets blind drunk in despair after she misinterprets {{spoiler|Hikaru giving Minmay a place to stay for the night as him rekindling his romance with her.}} She's found by Claudia, who talks to her about [[Beta Couple|her own relationship with]] [[Big Brother Mentor|Roy Fokker]] over a couple of glasses of wine.
** Roy was this before he met Claudia, which is explained in [[Macross Zero]] {{spoiler|with the death of his lover in the events of Zero causing a long segment of depression.}}
* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Izuru Kira and Rangiku Matsumoto are seen drinking after Kira's captain and Rangiku's old friend, Gin Ichimaru, leaves Soul Society with the [[Big Bad]], Aizen. Also, Kira does the same with Shuuhei Hisagi, whose captain Kaname Tousen also left, and in the anime the aftermath of their drinking round is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
** In the manga, he decides to have tea when Rangiku offers it to him.
** He's seen doing it again in the last episode of the anime, but it's now [[Played for Laughs]] since this happens [[spoiler: because he doesn't approve of Rose as his captain.]] Iba and Yumichika watch over him and are rather peeved.
* Roy Mustang in [[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Before she became the Fifth Hokage, Tsunade from ''[[Naruto]]'' is seen several times gambling/getting drunk from sake to get her mind off of having lost her brother Nawaki and boyfriend Dan, who both died horribly and (presumably) painfully.
** She didn't exactly quit drinking even after becoming Hokage. Jiraiya didn't exactly have a hard time convincing her to go to the bar in the middle of the day.
* Lampe and Kim san Kaku go out and get plastered at the end of the intro comic of ''[[Astro Boy (
* A realistic occurrence takes place in ''[[Monster (
* ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' features two examples. The first one is played straight, and it comes from in the ''R'' season,: Usagi notices that Mamoru has a "new" girlfriend {{spoiler|(he doesn't, but since he believes he cannot be with
* Sayoko from ''[[Ah
** Subverted by Urd, who ''needs'' to drink to {{spoiler|restore her powers.}}
* Jeanne takes to drinking vodka by the bottle in ''[[
* [[Time Skip|Between the two seasons]] of ''[[Darker
** There's also Huang, who would love to do this [[Never Gets Drunk|if he could ever get drunk]].
* Tsuzuki in ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' during an especially angsty moment in the Kyoto arc when he starts questioning his own humanity.
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* Lunch reacts like this in the ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' anime after the death of Tenshinhan, and subsequently catches [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]. (Note that this of course, was [[Filler]]. In the manga, she disappeared earlier than that.)
* In ''[[Kuragehime]]'', Tsukimi tries to fall asleep to forget her broken heart, but can't. She asks one of the girls at the boarding house she lives in for advice and is given a one-word response: booze. She ends up falling unconscious after one cup of sweet sake.
* Although we only see Yukiji's [[Bottle Fairy]] tendencies in ''[[
* Kazehana, resident [[Bottle Fairy]] of ''[[Sekirei]]'' does this during a season two episode after {{spoiler|the death of Uzume}}. Much to her annoyance, she can't get drunk.
* In ''[[Skip Beat
* In ''[[Oniisama
== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Iron Man]]'', already established as a recovering alcoholic, fell off the proverbial wagon hard when his company got taken over during
** Later, when Carol Danvers ([[Ms. Marvel]]) loses her power ''the second time'' (as Binary), she fell onto this and caused her to get expelled from [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|The Avengers]]. She manages to get out of this thanks to the counseling from Iron Man himself, as fellow alcoholic.
** He just did it again. In Fear Itself he started screaming at Odin and the other gods, yelling that if they wanted a sacrifce he'd give them the "only thing he could give worth anything": his sobriety, by taking a huge swig of alcohol. Even though it was a [[Narm]] scene, it was a total tearjerker to see him so broken.
* [[Spider-Man]] also did this in one issue. (Although, given [[Retcon|everything]], we should probably cut him some slack...)
* John Constantine does this at least twice in ''[[
* ''[[Flare]]'' did this in the "Duel" story, which was a crossover with [[Eternity Smith]].
* ''[[X-Men]]'': Cyclops, after a revelation that he was having a psychic affair with Emma Frost, ended up in a strip club and was drinking his sorrows in wine.
* Katchoo does this a few times in ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'', usually after a bitter argument with, or involuntary separation from, Francine or David.
* From ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]''.
{{quote|
'''Brainiac 5:''' Are you kidding? I drink to forget you. }}
* In ''[[Blackest Night]] Titans'', Red Star was drinking in memory of his family (Pantha and Baby Wildebeest).
* Renee Montoya does this at the start of ''[[
** At least she learnes her lessons.
{{quote|
'''Renee:''' Only if you added some bourbon to it.
'''Kane:''' I didn't. But I can. If you like.
'''Renee:''' No. Seems that all the problems I have when I start drinking are still there when I stop. }}
* It's hevaily implied (read: all but explicitly stated) that this is why [[Empowered
* [[Superman]] went to the bottle in response to losing all of his powers in ''[[JLA
* This happens early in ''[[Savage Dragon]]'' continuity. After a love interest gets [[Stuffed in A Fridge]], the main character drowns his sorrows at a bar. A [[Bar Brawl]] soon follows after a supervillain decides to literaly [[Bullying a Dragon|bully a dragon]].
* In ''[[
* Shift of the ''[[Batman and
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Rodney Skinner in the fourth installment of ''[[
* Mark Printzen in chapter ten of ''[[The Ollivander Children
* In ''[[
* Happens in the [[Fanfic|fan]][[Web Comic|comic]] ''[[Roommates 2007
* Sirius Black tries this in [https://web.archive.org/web/20120503134047/http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3735743/117/The_Moment_It_Began Chapter 117] of ''The Moment It Began'' after {{spoiler|his brother Regulus dies.}}
== Film ==
* Mulder does this in the first ''[[The X
* ''[[Back to The Future]] III'' has a subversion. Doc goes to get drunk after losing Clara and doesn't actually drink anything, but acts strangely anyway.
{{quote|
'''Bartender:''' None. That's the first one and he hasn't touched it yet. }}
** Well, to the other patrons, he's acting weird. To the rest of us, he's just moping and rattling off common knowledge about 1985.
** When Marty gets him to leave, he actually ''does'' drink...and instantly passes out.
* Rick Blaine does this in ''[[Casablanca]]''. You know the quote:
{{quote|
* In ''[[A Few Good Men]]'', Daniel Kaffee gets roaring drunk after an important witness for his case commits suicide.
* In the [["Weird Al" Yankovic]] vehicle ''[[UHF (
** It's a blueberry daquiri. The commentary reveals that it was supposed to be much more flamboyant, but someone in the prop department missed the memo.
{{quote|
'''George:''' Yeah, but I've been meaning to start. }}
* Inigo Montoya does it in ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In ''[[The
** This also appears in ''[[The Three Musketeers (1993
* [[Eccentric Mentor|Mr. Miyagi]] in ''[[The Karate Kid]] 2''.
** The scene in the first film when he's drinking because of his and his dead wife's anniversary qualifies, too. Especially because he passes out.
* ''[[The First Wives Club]]'': Goldie Hawn's character bawls about how she would have been cast as the sexy lead character of Monique in a movie not five years ago, but now she's Monique's mother. She babbles about how other actors would be better suited to the role, ending in [[Sean Connery]], but counters the last, noting that Sean Connery would be Monique's boyfriend, as he's 500 years old but "still a stud..."
* Eddie Valiant in ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'', who still grieves over the death of his brother years earlier.
* ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' parodies this trope: Buzz Lightyear gets "drunk" at a little girl's tea set.
* ''[[The Punisher]]'' film has the titular character resort to drinking Wild Turkey Bourbon (TM) straight in his depression after the murder of his entire family. The way the bottle was clearly labeled and placed on the table facing the audience smacks of [[Product Placement]].
* Similarly, Harry Osborne in ''[[Spider-Man (
* Basically the entire plot of ''[[Leaving Las Vegas]]''.
* Jason Lee's character does this to an absurd degree in ''Kissing A Fool''.
* ''[[
* The explanation given for why Michael was in prison for a year in ''[[Miss Pettigrew Lives for
* Subverted in ''[[Captain America:
* Tecate beer is common for this trope, as it is one of the few beer brands that will pay for product placement even when characters use it in this way:
** ''[[Hellboy (
** ''[[The Hammer]]''
* ''[[The Last Samurai]]'', starring Tom Cruise, has retired U.S. Army Captain Nathan Algren drunk for a good third of the movie, drowning his sorrows and being haunted by nightmares due to his role in the American Indian genocide around the time of General Custer.
* In ''[[
* After Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) admits to his fiancee Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack) that he's gay shortly before they're to get married in the 1997 comedy ''[[In and Out]]'', Emily is shown drowning her sorrows at the same bar Peter Malloy (Tom Selleck) is at. When a wedding dress-clad Emily hits on Peter and Peter reveals that he too is gay, this creates a hilarious [[Heroic BSOD]] moment that was coincidentally what was shown on that year's Oscars telecast when Joan Cusack was nominated for an Oscar for that role.
* The reason Ron is the town drunk in ''[[The
* The protagonist of British [[World War Two]] movie ''[[Ice Cold in Alex]]'' starts out the film drinking heavily as a result of the stress he's been put under during the campaign in Africa, and the plot is driven by his yearning for a cold beer 300 miles away.
* ''[[The Untouchables]]'' has two ironic examples, seeing as it centers around Prohibition:
** During the whiskey raid at the Canadian border, Oscar Wallace sneaks a mouthful from a shot-up barrel once the gunfire has stopped.
** In the final scene, with Al Capone finally behind bars, Eliot Ness is understandably exhausted as he packs up his office and thinks about Malone. When a reporter mentions that Prohibition is due to be repealed and asks Ness what he might do then. Ness responds, "I think I’ll have a drink."
== Literature ==
* In [[Dan Abnett]]'s ''[[
* Aral Vorkosigan tries this in [[Lois McMaster Bujold]]'s ''[[Vorkosigan Saga|Shards of Honor]]'' before his fiancee shows up and invalidates the need. His son Miles does it too, on occasion; evidently, it's hereditary. Though his mother (that's the fiancee we mentioned) does also say it's partially Miles's attempt to uphold tradition.
* As mentioned in the [[Film]] examples, Athos of Dumas' ''[[The Three Musketeers (
* David and Leigh Eddings have used this at various times in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' and its prequels.
** Belgarath tried this in ''Belgarath the Sorcerer'', after learning of his wife Poledra's [[Death
** Silk does this in ''[[The Belgariad]]'' after speaking with his mother for the first time in years. To elaborate, his mother used to be a beautiful woman, but caught a blindness inducing [[The Plague|illness]] that left her face horribly scarred, and nobody could ever bring themselves to let her know. The scene is powerful precisely because of the contrast with Silk's [[Jerkass Facade]] and the overall humorous tone of the series.
* [[Genghis Khan]] in Conn Iggulden's ''[[Conqueror|Bones of the Hills]]'' takes to the airag after Temulun is killed during a raid ({{spoiler|after being [[Moral Event Horizon|raped]] by Kokchu}}).
* [[Graham McNeill]]'s ''[[Warhammer
* In ''[[
** The Luggage, an animated chest whose sentience is debatable, [[
** Detritus, Gaspode and Thomas Silverfish all do this about halfway through ''[[
* ''[[The Vampire Chronicles]]'' has a fair amount of this going on. Louis in ''Interview with the Vampire'' not only drinks away his sorrows but picks fights and sleeps with prostitutes, hoping to get himself killed. Later in ''Blackwood Farm'' Quinn also drinks away his sorrows and his fears. In ''Queen of the Damned,'' this is slightly subverted, as Daniel Molloy tries to drink away his madness (from the knowledge that vampires are real).
* Averted and played straight in ''[[Star Wars|Starfighters]] [[Star Wars Expanded Universe|of]] [[X Wing Series|Adumar]]'' - Wedge heads to a bar mostly for privacy while he thinks through some questions of honor vs. the chain of command (he doesn't get very drunk, either). However, at the bar, he runs across {{spoiler|Admiral Rogriss}}, who decided the answer to his problem ([[Not So Different|basically the same as Wedge's]]) was to get stone drunk.
** Played straight in an earlier book of the series, when Ton Phanan, the [[Combat Medic]] of the squadron who is allergic to bacta and thus gradually becoming [[Emergency Transformation|more and more cybernetic]], drinks and tells his wingmate that he needs less and less to get drunk, because every year, less meat, more machine. He feels that his extensive cybernetics are an outward sign that his future [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|has been destroyed]], and he has no one.
* Hagrid in ''[[Harry Potter and
** In ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'', Winky the house-elf drinks several bottles of Butterbeer a day after being fired by Mr. Crouch. Butterbeer is a very mild drink for humans (children can drink it without any problem) but it's pretty strong for house-elves.
* When ''[[The Little Prince]]'' visits a planet with no one but a tippler on it, he inquires why the man is drinking constantly:
{{quote|
'''Prince:''' Forget what?
'''Tippler:''' Forget that I am ashamed.
'''Prince:''' Ashamed of what?
'''Tippler:''' Ashamed of drinking! }}
* In the first ''[[
* [[H. Beam Piper]]'s ''[[Little Fuzzy]]'' has a sad-whimsical description of the process:
{{quote|
* Happens in the [[Night Huntress]] series. Three days after {{spoiler|Bones leaves her}}, Cat's apartment is littered with empty gin bottles and ice cream cartons.
* Lytol in the ''[[Dragonriders of Pern]]'' series drinks to unconsciousness whenever he is forcibly reminded of his dragon's death, as a way of easing the pain of the loss. This is considered better than the alternative; most riders who lose their dragons [[Driven to Suicide|kill themselves]].
** There's also a small instance in the first book of the same series. F'lar assumed leadership of the weyr from previous Weyrleader R'gul. After Weyrwoman Lessa performs the huge event of the plot, R'gul insists that it's not possible and F'lar must be mad, and privately prepares to resume leadership once F'lar's incapability is publicly known. When people show up who prove that it really did happen exactly the way the leaders said, "R'gul got very quietly drunk."
* In ''[[
* Sydney Carton from ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' does this pretty much 24/7.
* Haymitch Abernathy of ''[[The Hunger Games]]'' has been doing this ever since he left the titular [[Deadly Game]] as a teenager. Considering his only ally and friend in the arena was killed without him having even the slightest chance to save her and most of his family and friends were then killed to punish him for his almost nonexistent "rebellion", and his job ever since has been to accompany and train two kids a year for an almost certain death in the titular [[Deadly Game]], you can see why.
* ''[[Belisarius Series]]'': It's something of a tradition of Antonina's, when Belisarius goes away on a potentially hopeless mission against the Malwa, to get thoroughly trashed, accompanied by Irene.
* Several characters in ''[[
* Leesil, one of the protagonists of ''[[The Saga of the Noble Dead]]'', drinks heavily in the first arc to suppress his memories of the time he spent as an assassin.
* In [[
* In the ''[[Knight and Rogue Series]]'' Fisk claims that he handled being dumped by his first crush "in the time honored way" while telling the audience about a time Jack had come to scold him for being to sentimental and attatched to people while he was drunk.
* In [[Michael Flynn]]'s ''[[Spiral Arm
== Live
* Almost every (major) character has done this at least once on ''[[
* The Irish Drinking Song game in ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway
** There's also a game aptly titled 'Bartender' where one player acts as the bartender and the other three sing their sorrows out (which are provided by the audience members.)
* Kirsten in ''[[The OC]]''.
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*** The only more literal way would be if the episode had been called "Beer Bad", WHICH IT WAS.
*** Though given this exchange at the end of the episode, one gets the impression that [[Joss Whedon]] couldn't resist subverting the anti-alcohol message:
{{quote|
'''Buffy:''' Foamy!
'''Xander:''' Good. Just as long as that's clear. }}
** And Anya tries to drown her sorrows at the Bronze, but as she looks outwardly like a teenage girl the bartender stubbornly insists on an I.D. "I'm 1,120 years old! Just give me a frickin' BEER!!!"
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** Sawyer is fond of doing this as well.
* The Canadian TV series ''[[Butch Patterson Private Dick]]'', features a title character who drinks for a number of reasons, not least his shame over his tendency to [[Urine Trouble|wet his pants]], to prematurely ejaculate, or his inability to have sex without paying a woman for it. He normally keeps up a brave front, but he occasionally lets his private shame and self-pitying show through, bursting into tears, yelling at whoever is in the room and then running away.
* [[
** Wesley, Lorne and Spike all drowned their sorrows {{spoiler|after Fred died.}}
** Played straight when Angel fires the rest of his staff - they immediately go to a karaoke bar they know, get incredibly drunk, and sing "We Are The Champions". Badly.
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* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''. Alex Drake may be the only woman born who can hold her own in a wine bar with Gene Hunt and an epically bad mood, and she has every excuse in the world for doing so.
** It happens in both versions of ''[[Life On Mars]]'' as well. "What? I had no idea how long this stakeout was going to last!"
* Nathan Petrelli, complete with [[Beard of Sorrow]], at the beginning of the second season of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]''.
* When [[The X
* When Leonard's mother, a neurophysiologist and psychologist, comes to visit on ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'', her influence prompts Leonard to knock on Penny's door and simply ask, "Do you have any alcohol?" The two of them spend most of the rest of the episode getting sloppy drunk.
* Damar of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' spent several episodes getting drunk, to drown out first his unease and his conscience over dealing with the Dominion, his murder of Dukat's daughter, then his problems when promoted to leader of Cardassia. His snapping out of this and [[Heel Face Turn|becoming a good guy]] marks the beginning of his becoming truly [[Badass]].
** And he slips a bit of information to Quark, leading to a particularly entertaining scene in which he is trying to tell Kira and Odo what he learned while roaring drunk.
{{quote|
* In ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', it's shown that Sam and Bobby both drink a lot after {{spoiler|Dean's death}}. Bobby at least had been hinted at avoiding alcohol now, but with the whole apocalypse {{spoiler|Sam using his powers, and Dean in hell}} thing, the boys have still been drinking in a not-so-healthy way.
** After {{spoiler|finding out that God doesn't intend to do anything with the apocalypse}}, Castiel goes and drinks a whole liquor store.
{{quote|
'''Sam:''' ...and?
'''Castiel:''' And I drank it!
later
'''Dean:''' Where have you been?
'''Castiel:''' On a bender. }}
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' has this happen to several characters several times during the show's run. [[A Father to His Men|Bill Adama]] hits this trope hard in the fourth season, so much so that his best friend and second in command (and accomplished [[The Alcoholic|alcoholic]] himself) Saul Tigh has to snap him out of it.
* Ben Harper from ''[[My Family]]'': One episode features him being unable to get at his booze, resulting in him grinding through a fair chunk of the 10,000 or so choices on the combination lock in order to get at whiskey {{spoiler|that turns out to be cold tea, courtesy Nick's new job as a background actor}}.
* Subverted in an episode of ''[[Titus]]'': Christopher Titus' father, habitual drinker Ken Titus, goes on the wagon, and his relatives find his sober behavior so insufferable that within two weeks they have an intervention to urge him to start drinking again.
* In ''[[I
* A flashback in one episode of ''[[Frasier]]'' shows Niles hitting the (wine) bottle especially hard during his divorce with Marris, making a reference to the term when he said, "Who knew my sorrows were such strong swimmers."
* ''[[Babylon
{{quote|
** It's also a significant part of [[The Alcoholic|Garibaldi's]] [[Backstory]]. {{spoiler|Garibaldi restarts drinking when he realizes that he can't kill Bester for [[Mind Rape|brainwashing]] him into [[More Than Mind Control|accidentally betraying]] Sheridan.}}
** Londo is also a heavy drinker. First he drinks to the [[Vestigial Empire|lost glory of the Centauri Republic]], then to {{spoiler|[[Morality Chain|Adira]]}} and finally to {{spoiler|ruined Centauri Prime and to keep the [[Puppeteer Parasite|Drakh Keeper]] from ruining his [[Thanatos Gambit]].}}
* Probably the best way to explain Meredith's relationship with tequila, on ''[[
{{quote|
* Just about every ''[[
{{quote|
'''Margaret:''' No... just taking them out for a little swim. }}
* Modus operandi of [[Gossip Girl|Chuck Bass]].
* After being {{spoiler|killed and brought back to life}} in ''[[
* On ''[[Fringe]]'', Walter Bishop is normally on any number of psychotropic drugs at once. When he hits rock bottom, instead of drowning his sorrows, he smokes them out. To similar, but far more hilarious, effect.
** Also, Olivia does this so often it's pretty much her nightly ritual now.
*** At this point, most of the cast has gotten in on this at one point or another.
* On ''[[Good Times]]'', Keith does this after feeling frustrated about not being able to play football, working part-time as a cab driver, and the lack of full-time work. The drinking escalates when his old college roommate (now a pro football player) comes to visit. Keith then starts insulting everyone around him and he slaps Thelma. Thelma packs his bags and tells him that he can either quit drinking for good and stop feeling sorry for himself or he can leave her for good. Keith chooses Thelma.
* Colleen McMurphy, on ''[[China Beach]]''.
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Yes Minister]]'', Jim Hacker, at the end of "The Whisky Priest," seems at first to just [[I Need a Freaking Drink|Need A Freaking Drink]] (OK, several drinks). Then:
{{quote|
'''Jim''': Whisky priest?
'''Annie''': That's right.
'''Jim''': Good. ''[[Beat]]''. Let's open another bottle.
'''Annie''': You haven't got one.
'''Jim''': That's what you think. *''Turns, opens a red box, which turns to be filled with bottles of whisky''* Who said nothing good ever came out of Whitehall? }}
* During the Las Vegas season of ''[[The Real World]]'', Frank drinks water ''in anger'' during Steven and Trishelle's first hook-up.
* Many [[Korean Drama
** In ''[[Best Love]]'', Ae Jeong drinks an entire bottle of wine in one gulp to make a point, Jae Suk gives a drunken confession of love to his boss, and Aw Hwan mumbles a request to Jenny not to drink red wine with anyone but him. And so on...
** Woo Ri and Min Sook get sloshed while male-bashing in ''[[Can You Hear My Heart]]''. Joon Ha does it one night which leads to his confession that he's the [[Long Lost Sibling]].
** The fusion historical drama ''[[Sungkyunkwan Scandal]]'' has [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Kim Yoon Shik]] giving a drunken Lee Seon Jung a [[Piggyback Cute|ride]] back to the school one night.
** ''[[Twinkle Twinkle]]'': Mostly serious sorrowful drinking, especially by the female leads.
** ''[[You Are Beautiful]]'': Go Mi Nam gets drunk on champaigne his first night and ends up throwing up on the lead singer of the band he just joined. This is after throwing up in a flower pot, {{spoiler|and before anyone knows he's a girl}}.
* In the ''[[
* [[Inspector Lynley]], after {{spoiler|his wife's death in the series five finale}}, which he believes is his fault, takes to this. His partner, [[Sarcastic Devotee|DS Barbara Havers]], is not amused, but even though she's his [[Most Important Person]], even ''she'' can't reach him. It takes an [[
* On ''[[Boy Meets World]]'', Cory does this once after his break up with Topanga in season five. In a later episode, Shawn does this after {{spoiler|he is unable to find his real mother.}}
* In the third episode of ''[[Black Mirror (TV series)|Black Mirror]]'' Liam ends up getting drunk after suspecting his wife was flirting with another man. Decides to get the babysitter involved before driving over and attacking the guy.
* On ''[[Lie to Me (TV series)|Lie to Me]]'' Foster gets totally smashed (on a bottle of Lightman's very, very expensive Scotch, no less, which she stole from his office). When he confronts her, she is both hilarious in her chattiness and heartbreakingly honest, as she displays her vulnerability and her love and loyalty for Lightman, while finally taking a stand against his aggressive personality.
== Music ==
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* The Irish folk song "Keg of Brandy" may qualify. The narrator seems to be a (rather sweet) alcoholic tramp who is very world-weary, especially on the subject of romance and marriage.
* For true bottom of the bottle sorrow:
{{quote|
And all these conductors and porters, and I'm all out of quarters. }}
** What about [[Smile Empty Soul]]'s "Bottom of A Bottle"?
{{quote|
I do it for the love.... that I find at the bottom of the bottle... }}
::That's [[Tom Waits]], "Bad Liver and a Broken Heart." Waits' voice is almost uniquely suited to this kind of song. He has quite a few other songs like this, including "The Piano Has Been Drinking", "I Hope That I Don't Fall in Love With You", "Invitation to the Blues", and "Saving All My Love for You".
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* "Russia on Ice" by Porcupine Tree
* "The Price of Love" by the Everly Brothers, with its laboured yet lovely rhyme:
{{quote|
Drink all you can but you won't forget her. }}
* The Byrds' "An empty bottle, a broken heart, and ''You're Still on My Mind''".
* "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by John Lee Hooker, later [[Covered Up|covered]] by George Thorogood.
* "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley, oddly by both the cheated-on soldier or his cheating girlfriend. It...doesn't help.
* Yowane Haku, the fan-made [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of clumsy new users to the [[Vocaloid]] software, does this ''constantly'' because she feels she'll never be as good as [[
** As of late, [[Ascended Fanon|she and Akita Neru]] eventually became official vocaloids and Haku's popularity led to a rise of instances she was shown to be much more capable of singing than she used to. If it isn't for the previous reason of her dreams of singing as beautifully as Miku being shattered that makes her drink herself into stupor, she does so for the fun or sake of it and usually is portrayed as sluggish, lazy and clumsy, [[Pet the Dog|but a little more happy than originally portrayed]].
*** Of course, this has in turn been met with mixed receptions, since Haku, as mentioned above, is supposed to be the Anthropomorphic Personification of people who fail to use the Vocaloid software effectively/correctly, and doing a bad Miku song/Haku song on purpose defeats, in itself, Haku's raison d'etre.
* "Slo Gin" by Tim Curry is a text book example with lyrics like "slo gin, gotta wash away the pain inside" and the somewhat infamous refrain, "I'm so fucking lonely and I ain't even high".
* "Whiskey Bottle" and "I Got Drunk" by Uncle Tupelo.
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* "Here Comes A Regular" by The Replacements
* [[Bob Dylan]] clocks in with "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," ending with this verse:
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* "How You Remind Me" by [[Nickelback]] features elements of this.
* The appropriately-named "Drinking Song" by Jenny Owen Youngs. The chorus, "There's solace at the bottom of the bottle", is [[Lyrical Dissonance|oddly cheery.]]
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* "Tear in My Beer" by Hank Williams Sr (and a mashup duet created by his son)
* Invoked by Glaswegian [[Baroque Pop]] band [[Camera Obscura]] in the first verse of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY_L_rafEs0&feature=related Let's Get Out of This Country]"
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* [[Nas]]'s "Drunk by Myself". What makes this song stand out is the fact that his drinking is accompanied by ''[[Drives Like Crazy|trying to get away from all his troubles in a speeding vehicle.]]''
* In [[Drake]]'s song "Marvin's Room", he is in a club drunk dialing one of his ex-girlfriends.
* "One for My Baby (and One More for the Road)", a classic Harold Arlen/Johnny Mercer standard recorded by [[Frank Sinatra]], among others.
* "Death of a Clown" by [[The Kinks]]. ("I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin...")
* "Hurricane Drunk" by [[Florence
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* Brazil has "Garçom" ("waiter", the guy who the binge drinking protagonist speaks about his broken heart) and "Pinga Ni Mim" ([[Double Entendre]]: as it can be both "drops on me" - as the chorus mentions a leak - and "[[
== New Media ==
* In ''[[Descendant of a Demon Lord]]'' Zappy got pretty drunk after her employer won a siege, and not out of celebration.
== Theater ==
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** Note that this also depends on the production. Some will portray him as just having gotten angry...and some imply that he somehow managed to get a hold of actual alcohol.
* The song "Make It Another Old-Fashioned, Please" from ''[[Panama Hattie]]''.
== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Exalted]]'', Demetheus accidentally killed a friend during a fight, and then proceeded to go on such an ''epic'' sorrow-drowning bender that the Goddess of Intoxicants herself, Burning Feather, came down from Yu-Shan to sober him up.
== Video Games ==
* Gorman in ''[[The Legend of
** Played straight by an NPC in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
* ''[[Escape
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* ''[[Wing Commander (
** Especially because {{spoiler|of the scramble alert following shortly thereafter. Alcohol and spacecraft do not mix, and flying drunk will [[Interface Screw|make your ship behave erratically.]]}}
* Haku Yowane from ''[[Vocaloid
* The Japanese version and the DS retranslation of ''[[
* Similarly happens in ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'', where Cid is originally drinking heavily after the death of his wife. In the [[Bowdlerize|American translation]], he merely has trouble keeping a job.
* The Demoman in ''[[
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* Nearly every dwarf in ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'' has in their bio: "Urist McAlequaffer needs alcohol to get through the working day" and will add "and is working more slowly due to its scarcity" should the fortress run out. Given the myriad horrible things that can (and frequently do) happen to the dwarves, it is rather easy to see why they would drink so much? Besides them being, you know, [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same|dwarves.]]
* Cloud from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' is implied to do this rarely and only when he gets really, really, REALLY depressed, like in ''On the Way To a Smile: Case of Tifa''.
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** Hinted at with Fenris in [[Dragon Age II]]. Hawke can find him drunk on the anniversary of his escape, which could also be the same day {{spoiler|the people who helped him were killed by his hands.}} Oddly, though, he's more cheerful drunk than he normally is.
* ''[[Deadly Premonition]]'': After the murder of her daughter, Sallie Graham starts spending a lot of time getting drunk at the SWERY '65 bar.
* More or less [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|speculative]], but...in ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'', when Garnet resigns herself to becoming [[The High Queen]], Zidane is found by their friends in a bar sulking about the possibility of his and Garnet now becoming more distant regarding their relationship. The way Zidane speaks throughout the whole scene certainly seems like he was in a drunk stupor, but...
* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' DLC ''Lair of the Shadow Broker'', you can find info on [[Reasonable Authority Figure|Captain Anderson]] that due to the pressure of being in politics and working with the head-up-their-asses Citadel Council, he's since taken up heavy drinking.
** And watching conspiracy vids, just to see how much bull the public is fed, probably bringing Udina along just to see the conspiracy shitstorm
** During ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', ''Tali'' of all people is seen getting soused after {{spoiler|Miranda dies on Sanctuary}}. She manages to get wasted off of triple filtered Turian brandy, introduced through an "Emergency induction port".
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'''Tali:''' [[Insistent Terminology|Emeeerrrgency. Induction. Port.]] }}
** Ashley also gets wasted at some point, but you only see the aftermath, what with her curled up on the floor with a massive hangover. Shepard can then proceed to make fun of her.
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'''Ashley:''' I'll pay you a million credits not to do that, sir.
'''Shepard:''' ''Two'' million, and we have a deal.
'''Ashley:''' You're a damned space pirate. }}
* After [[The Force Unleashed|Starkiller]] defeats him at the TIE fighter construction facility above Nar Shaddaa, Rahm Kota is found in a bar in Bespin.
* Deego in ''[[Rogue Galaxy]]'' is first found drowning his sorrows after a combat mission went badly wrong.
* Cass, one of your possible companions in ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'' is found doing this in a crappy military bar after her caravans have (suspiciously) been vaporized. She's still [[The Alcoholic]] after she joins your party but at least she isn't depressed.
* Taro Namatame from Persona 4.
* One of the [[Game Over
* Largo of ''[[Megatokyo]]'', thanks to Erika. [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Nine words]]: [[Wham! Episode|"If I sleep with you, will you go away?"]]▼
▲== Webcomics ==
* Kevyn in ''[[
▲* Largo of ''[[Megatokyo]]'', thanks to Erika. [[Two Words Obvious Trope|Nine words]]: [[Wham Episode|"If I sleep with you, will you go away?"]]
▲* Kevyn in ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]''. It's not so much depression as a scramble to get a very disgusting image out of his head before it gets saved to long-term memory, though.
* Ash tried this in ''[[Misfile]]'' [http://www.misfile.com/index.php?page=255 at one point]; it [[Kissing Under the Influence|didn't work out so good]].
* Sabine in ''[[The Order of the Stick
* Riff from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' gets into this after he [https://web.archive.org/web/20170617173636/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=070828 destroys humanity]. Geez, talk about [[Wangst|emo]].
** Aylee gets in on this too after taking on a [https://web.archive.org/web/20170617170852/http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=071120 human-ish form].
* Raphael in ''[[Mutant Ninja Turtles Gaiden]]'' tended to do this regularly before the start of the storyline. Considering what happened, could you blame him?
* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', Dexter does this with donuts after the girl he hooked up with at a speed dating event goes out with someone else. He plans on doing it again at a restaurant when the two dates that his friends arranged for him both leave, until the woman he met at the first speed dating event shows up.
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* Steve from ''[[Questionable Content]]'' does this rather hard in between relationships, and Faye will occasionally tend towards it a little bit too. {{spoiler|Marten did it REALLY hard, drinking a whole bottle after Dora's break-up with him.}}
* [[Immortal Immaturity|China]] from ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'' was {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|attacked by his brother Japan]]}} and went to a bar to cry about it... only to have the [[Mood Killer|mood killed]] by [[Stepford Smiler|Russia]].
*
* In ''[[Blue Yonder]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20150920183706/http://www.blueyondercomic.net/comics/1310311/blue-yonder-chapter-1-page-30/ a father who drinks himself into oblivion every night is a good motive to help someone else who lost his family.]
* In ''[[The Specialists]]'', [http://thespecialistscomic.com/page-81/ Captain Victory is slipping away a hip flask when he and Max first meet]
* In ''151 Hidden Depths'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130219014343/http://hiddendepths.smackjeeves.com/comics/1356584/001-bulbasaur/ Bulbasaur does this] after dropping a little girl in a [[Big No|failed rescue attempt]]
* In ''[[No Rest for The Wicked (
* ''[[Three Panel Soul]]'' presents: [http://www.threepanelsoul.com/comic/folk-remedies Woodworth Heart Spackle]. {{spoiler|{{small-caps|It's bourbon.}}}}
* ''[https://mr-culexus.deviantart.com/art/Tie-one-on-5-706794017 Tie one on 5]'' by Mr-Culexus (side art of ''Ragged Edges'') - Krieg Brandy as an anesthetic. In ''[https://mr-culexus.deviantart.com/art/Tie-one-on-3-704389301 Tie one on 3]'', sort of inverted:
{{quote|'''Minhelm''': Some drink to forget. I drink to remember.}}
== Web Original ==
* In ''[[
* Daniel in ''[[
* Gavin of ''[[Kate Modern]]'' binges on large quantities of alcohol when depressed.
* In ''[[I'm a Marvel And
** Superman did the same thing and even joined him.
** [[Iron Man]] went through this when Batman's movie surpassed his movie. He got so drunk that he ended up at Wayne Manor.
*** [[Iron Man]] getting drunk? Perish the thought!
* ''[[A World of Laughter,
* [[Homestar Runner|Strong Bad]] drowns his sorrows when he finds out that his friend The Cheat is dating Marzipan.
* In ''[[Theatrica]]'', drowning one's sorrows is just what the doctor ordered.
== Western Animation ==
* Parodied in ''[[Futurama]]''. In "I, Roommate", Bender gets so depressed about Fry throwing him out of their apartment that he ''stops'' drinking and (since robots need alcohol to function properly) starts to act drunk.
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** He even grows a [[Beard of Sorrow]] made out of rust!
* ''[[
** Done similarly in ''[[
* Probably the only reason [[The Simpsons (
** With a special nod to an episode where he gives Homer a special drink, specifically made to cause short-term memory loss. Of course, when he can't remember what he's supposed to forget, Homer comes to some pretty wild conclusions.
* Both parodied and played for drama in ''[[
* ''[[Teen Titans (
* Toki Wartooth does this after his father's death in ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', getting hammered numerous times since then. The other band members note on this, with Skwisgaar saying he doesn't want to babysit Toki during Seth's wedding, and everyone being shocked that he's drinking straight vodka in the morning. {{spoiler|Ironically, he knocks out Nathan's assailant with a vodka bottle in the season 2 finale.}}
* [[
* K'nuckles from ''[[The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack]]'' seems to do this with "maple syrup". Also, in "High Land Lubber" he actually asks Peppermint Larry for something to drown his sorrows, {{spoiler|even though Peppermint Larry gives him prune juice.}}
* In the [[Bugs Bunny]] version of ''[[Casablanca]]'', Bugs himself is drinking carrot juice saying something similar to the film's true quote.
* Occurs in the ''[[Recess]]'' episode, "I Will Kick No More Forever", when Vince starts losing his touch in every sport. The scene that features this trope is when he stays home from school binging out on root beer and donuts (complete with [[Balloon Belly]]) while watching video recordings of his previous games. Mikey even asks, "Don't you think you've had enough!?"
* In the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "Ass Burgers", this is effectively what the cynics do, all [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory|ridiculousness]] aside. By the end of the episode, this is {{spoiler|what Stan turns to, [[Negative Continuity|possibly]] on a long-term basis, just to get through a normal day.}}
* In the first season finale of ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* [[
== Real Life ==
* Sir John A. Macdonald, the first [[Prime Ministers of Canada|Prime Minister of Canada]]. Even in the 1860s and 1870s, Macdonald's drinking binges were legendary, but in truth the poor guy had good reason to want to get loaded, not least of which were the serious financial problems he faced, and the even more serious problems stemming from the poor health of his wife and daughter. On top of all that, Canada has been described by many of its prime ministers as extremely difficult to govern. It's not hard to see why Macdonald would need a good stiff drink now and again.
* It seems that John Kerr, former governor-general of Australia, did this after the public backlash resulting from him dismissal of the Prime Minister in 1975 started to get to him. When presenting the 1977 Melbourne Cup, he was visibly drunk.
* Let's face it: Many, many people do this, and [[The Alcoholic|sometimes they don't stop]].
* There's often a joke about this. Basically, if you're drinking to forget, remember to pay in advance.
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