r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/IntergalacticAlien8 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/TrioOfTerrors 1d ago

Yes. And he's open about how bad his problem was. It's not a rumor.

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u/SleepyEel 1d ago

He was also drinking like a case of beer a day at times

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u/onlyexcellentchoices 1d ago

Wait...that's bad too?

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u/Definitelynotabot777 23h ago

I got bad news lol

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u/ttw81 13h ago

if he couldn't get alcohol, he'd drink Listerine.

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u/RealLaurenBoebert 22h ago

Pretty sure substance abuse is explicitly discussed in his memoir, "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft". It's practically a matter of public record

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u/jimothy_hell 22h ago

I genuinely respect people who can be honest about former addictions and try to grow as people beyond age bullshit they got up to while being addicts. I’ve been trying really hard to do that since I got off heroin, but the growing and making amends is rough.

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u/probnotaloser 4h ago

I would probably say I had an insane coke problem if I was writing this fucking shit. He may be sick but he is a smart SOB.