When things are very very bad, a drink is the only magic cheap thing left to give you the dream, to make you feel good for a moment.

Charles Bukowski

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Coping Alcohol

Speaker

Charles Bukowski

Source

Cultural Weekly

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

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Writer

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United States

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Citation

Bukowski, Charles. Interviewed by Elisa Leonelli. 1981.

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