I am new to Helium, but I can't tell you how happy I joined when I discovered this category! I must be in heaven. If it weren't for the category, I would never let anyone see this, but it seems to be tailor-made! Thanks...read more
by Steve Peach
Ironing by Candlelight. - Thoughts of the Author in (much) Younger Days. There isn't any doubt about it, but, just to be certain, I think it only fair to warn you that I'm fond of the odd drink. The odder the better. I...read more
I've heard about people trying to do a lot of things while they are roaring drunk. There are the basics, like walking and talking, and then there are the comical, like singing. Then there's the truly pitiful, like perfor...read more
WELCOME BACK MY OLD FRIEND PINOT I read a quote some time ago from Henry Youngman the English born comedian who was better known in the United States of America. He is said to have stated that when he read about the evi...read more
by C F Tinney
Writing while inebriated can be fun, but dangerous. I once penned a poem dedicated to my wife entitled "Remembering Leida A Poem," which was lovingly written from my drunken heart. My wife, Sue, asked me to join AA. In...read more
by Yvonne Perry
WWI. No, I'm not referring to World War I. WWI means Writing While Intoxicated. Why not write while you're enjoying a little buzz? People say some of the funniest things when they are drunk. Some of the greatest philoso...read more
by Jem Gedwing
"That's me out of the mix then" she said with eyes that went all ways except the synchronised way. It was just a party, party to drunkenness and frivolity and she for one embraced it with open arms and mind. The f...read more
by Jon Coe
I must confess, I have been guilty of this sin on numerous occasions. I am sorry, but sometimes it is so hard to look at a computer screen with nothing flowing between my ears. Then, I pop open a good old bottle of my favo...read more
Many of my friends have terrible habits that involve the drink. In particular, I have one girlfriend that when slightly toasted, her fingers do the walking. She will call anyone within her personal phonebook to discuss imp...read more
"Dammit, who moved the light switch?" said the shadowy figure, looming in the hall. He knew he was in the right place, well fairly certain at least, but the early morning hours were never his best for navigation. The fig...read more
by Denis Vogt
Righ..WryteWRI-ting While Inn..In-knee..InebriatedEdH ic! There's all kinds of things you simply cannot and (should) not do while in..Ine-Drunk! Driving, getting married, doing your taxes online, meeting your in-laws, a...read more
During the course of my awakened hours, and most of them I spend hungover, on any given day there are numerous incidents of off the wall thoughts that pulse through my brain. Generally speaking, I don't opt to share abou...read more
I'm writing this while I'm immmmmebriated it's a pome I think darnnit Why do I think I'm talentent when I drink darnnit I'd rather write Dam but I forgot how to spell it Okay I really want a glass of oranges but ...read more
Wow! I'm really wasted it's the middle of the night and I've just tied one on the end of my nose. Ya it grows... just like Pinocchio's. I'm half asleep and I think I'm minus one dog. The bitch never came home but I think I...read more
by David Moran
The second time I wrote while inebriated I spelt inebriated wrong and knew I had to move. I went a few miles south to a small town called toxicated. Things were much easier in toxicated. More...understandable. The second t...read more
by Tim Epstein
CATS NEED EIGHTEEN I walked into the liquor store and saw the owner who gave me the nod. He instinctively reached in that area where the clear-fluids' were stored. "Oh yes," I told the owner, "it's going to be special...read more
Writing while inebriated is something one shouldn't practice every day, but maybe once in awhile when your feeling frivolous, or feeling silly. I've sat down on the computer with a glass of wine or cooler, tried to write...read more
by Rob O'Hannon
Wrting whilke abbraviated, inkneebreathmated, ingratiated,m,.while drukn can be fun, I mean, who are you to tell me I can't writeth ehwh while drunk? Anwyway Im not drunk, just tired, so shout up! Wherewas I? Oh yeah...read more
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