Craziest experience/story you ever had drinking/using. And to show how truly fucked up we are how long from that event until you finally put down.

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There was that time I went out with Marsellus' wife and we had a burger and a fine milkshake and danced to Chuck Berry and it was awesome until the bitch OD'd and we had to go see Jimmie. That shit was crazy.

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Stop with the Go. Cringe.
Second hand embarrassment

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Christmas ‘79 dropped a couple of hits of acid and went to company Christmas party. Drank way too much and said something cause I was fired on my return in the New Year.
Quit date? August 17, 1986, seven more years of hell.
Glad to share, it’s how I stay sober.

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