Detailed in E. Jean Carroll’s biography, Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson.
Our mate Hunter was all about that bender life.
3:00 PM – Rise.
3:05 PM – Chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills.
3:45 PM – Cocaine.
3:50 PM – Another glass of Chivas, Dunhill.
4:05 PM – First cup of coffee, Dunhill.
4:15 PM – Cocaine.
4:16 PM – Orange juice, Dunhill.
4:30 PM – Cocaine.
4:54 PM – Cocaine.
5:05 PM – Cocaine.
5:11 PM – Coffee, Dunhills.
5:30 PM – More ice in the Chivas.
5:45 PM – Cocaine, etc., etc.
6:00 PM – Grass to take the edge off the day.
7:05 PM – Woody Creek Tavern for lunch – Heineken, two margaritas, coleslaw, a taco salad, a double order of fried onion rings, carrot cake, ice cream, a bean fritter, Dunhills, another Heineken, cocaine, and for the ride home, a snow cone (a glass of shredded ice over which is poured three or four jiggers of Chivas).
9:00 PM – Starts snorting cocaine seriously.
10:00 PM – Drops acid.
11:00 PM – Chartreuse, cocaine, grass.
11:30 PM – Cocaine, etc., etc.
12:00 AM (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 pornographic movies.
6:00 AM – The hot tub-champagne, Dove Bars, Fettuccine Alfredo.
8:00 AM – Halcyon.
8:20 AM – Sleep.