New Year Reads: 7 Drunken Confessions From Literature

Aside from 21st birthdays and office holiday parties, New Year's Eve gatherings are probably the social events most conducive to drunken missteps and overshares. If you've ever told a fellow partygoer that you loved wearing dresses like that in the 80s, you're not alone--these literary characters have had their fair share of alcohol-induced confessions too.

RATE IT!   |  

VOTE

CURRENT TOP 5 PICK YOUR OWN TOP 5

USERS WHO VOTED

NEW! CREATE YOUR OWN SLIDESHOW

Comments

[MalibuConservative]

05:51 PM on 01/02/2012

Numerous good authors had a fondness for the drink, which affected their writing, such as Poe, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and others.

[naschkatze]

11:05 PM on 01/01/2012

The Dead is my favorite story from Dubliners. While someone at the dinner party may have drunk too much, to call it a a story about a 'drunken dinner' is way wide of the mark.

[Ariel Bonzai]

02:13 PM on 01/01/2012

Rum Diaries is a drunken confession as a whole but here's no single pivotal revelation like Laws of Attraction or Gatsby.that would be so unlike an HST narrator since gonzo is an irreverently honest approach to journalism. To reveal secrets is not necessary a Gonzoreporters refuse to keep them.

[Frenchie08]

01:25 PM on 01/01/2012

Come on HP! Wheather it is the President or not. You knew EXACTLY what you were trying to suggest. Shame on you!

[saj485]

05:28 PM on 01/01/2012

What on Earth are you talking about?

[naschkatze]

11:01 PM on 01/01/2012

Look at the photo that goes with the headline. I think it is meant to suggest someone too.

[PollyTics]

01:27 AM on 01/02/2012

Many disagree with you on that one.

[frank day]

12:43 PM on 01/01/2012

Why is there a picture of President Obama in the lead to this story???

[stopnlisten]

12:13 PM on 01/01/2012

HP READ THIS

HP...fix your picture of our elected President of the United States next to the caption. It's this kind of disrespect that affects all of us. You make money off of your readership and advertising. Let the people's comments fly but don't go down "that" road."

[getreal23]

11:50 AM on 01/01/2012

Faux news has set the tone for places like HP i see. That photo , looking like the president was uncalled for. How low.

[wawayanda]

09:32 AM on 01/01/2012

"i'm sorry i said that" is the most common POST drunken confession.

[BinghamLofts]

07:20 AM on 01/01/2012

some good books for a change. i thought it was going to be a list of ten vampire twilight saga masterpieces.

[FragBunnie]

01:25 AM on 01/01/2012

So it's 'safe to assume' that Paul Kemp, Hunter Thompson's thinly veiled autobiographical character in The Rum Diaries was drunk...

... Safe to assume that the good Doctor was drunk.

...there's a stretch. The man drank Chivas for breakfast.

Which of you interns put this together? We really should go get drunk somewhere and talk about this.

[afgail]

12:24 AM on 01/01/2012

i severely doubt the placement of this picture next to president Obama's was NOT a coincidence. HuffPo is even worse then FOX. Shame on you.

[ecotopian]

12:48 AM on 01/01/2012

That isn't Obama. He's not wearing a wedding ring. Look more carefully before you accuse.

[PollyTics]

04:53 AM on 01/01/2012

Afgail, like myself was expressing their opinion and I didn't realize that the moderators at HuffPo are now castigating for doing just that.

[Jim bob]

06:43 AM on 01/01/2012

You're out of line.

[kinogod]

09:37 PM on 12/31/2011

"I love you man" would be the most common drunken blurt between two heterosexual men.

[PollyTics]

08:14 PM on 12/31/2011

Huff Po, I'm talking to you! The idea that you would use a picture that is or looks like Obama with the headline of your choice is beyond tacky and cheap...it's downright sick.

You are quickly losing my respect...

[moonflowerjewelry]

10:49 PM on 12/31/2011

I had to go back and look... it neither is nor does it look like our POTUS. That's kind of weird that you would think that and then get faved for it.

[Sanity Always Prevails]

01:34 AM on 01/01/2012

It looks EXACTLY like Obama.

[Afterglow]

03:24 AM on 01/01/2012

When I saw the photo, my first thought was "Obama." However, Huff Po is not in the habit of making cheap Obama associations. Naturally, I though what a coincidence.

Now, if this was Faux News with its history of gut wrenching biased treatment of the president, I would think twice before dismissing @PollyTics.

[FragBunnie]

01:27 AM on 01/01/2012

get a grip dude.

[jnratliff]

08:13 PM on 12/31/2011

7 Classic Drunken Confessions.
The number one drunken confession.
I am a republican and i am too stupid to vote!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Kalie]

08:49 PM on 12/31/2011

Or I hate when people say: Throw all the bums out. Everyone in government needs to go. I always think, Is that the best solution you have? Not much deep thinking going on there.

[philwoods]

01:09 AM on 01/01/2012

The saying is on par with cutting out the cancer.

[jnratliff]

05:59 AM on 01/01/2012

Here is what conservative think tank legislation has done to us!
For working people the economy has been in recession since 1973.
The GOP and the rich corporatra¬tists have made a mess of everything¬.
1. Before 1973, The inflation Adjusted Median Income rose at 2.5% per year:

1953 = $22,648
1973 = $34,762

2. From 1973 to 2009, Inflation Adjusted Median Income fell by $2,578.

1973 = $34,762
2009 = $32,184

http://www¬.census.go¬v/hhes/www¬/income/da¬ta/histori¬cal/people¬/P05AR_200¬9.xls

3. The same thing shows up in Weekly Earnings.

All earners:

1979 = $339
2008 = $339

No Change over 30 years

Men:

1979 = $412
2010 = $389

DECREASE of $23/week

http://dat¬a.bls.gov/¬cgi-bin/su¬rveymost?l¬e

4. While per capita GPD has doubled:

1969 = $21,021
2010 = $42,517

http://www¬.ers.usda.¬gov/data/m¬acroeconom¬ics/Data/H¬istorical¬RealPerCa¬p¬itaIncom¬eV¬alues.x¬ls

5. This is accomplish by shifting the income distributi¬on:

Share Of Aggregate Income by Quintile:

BOTTOM 20% - 1967: 4.0% 2009: 3.4% Change: -0.6%
LOWER MIDDLE - 1967: 10.8% 2009: 8.6% Change: -2.2%
MIDDLE CLASS - 1967: 17.3% 2009: 14.6% Change: -2.7%
UPPER MIDDLE - 1967: 24.2% 2009: 23.2% Change: -1.0%
UPPER CLASS - 1967: 43.6% 2009: 50.3% Change: +6.7%

http://www¬.census.go¬v/hhes/www¬/income/da¬ta/histori¬cal/inequa¬lity/H02AR¬_2009.xls

Bottom line message: WORK MORE, PRODUCE MORE, BUT GET LESS”

[Mupaaat]

08:09 PM on 12/31/2011

Why use Obama's likeness for this story? Well, so folks will click on it, and darn if it doesn't work! But it's not admirable, for there should be a modicum of truth in advertising. Call me uptight then.

[PollyTics]

04:46 AM on 01/01/2012

Whether it is Obama or just a picture that looks like him, the effect is the same...and to me, it's merely another example of yellow journalism. I've seen other sensationalized headlines and pix from HuffPo, but this one seems to be more than a coincidence.

[Mupaaat]

11:39 AM on 01/01/2012

Could not agree more!

[PollyTics]

12:51 AM on 01/02/2012

...but I'm happy to see that HuffPo has now included the entirety of the actual headline on the front page photo.