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This is Hunter S. Thompson’s daily drug-filled routine that could kill a horse or birth an American hero

3:00 p.m: rise

3:05: chivas Regal with the morning papers, Dunhills

3:45: cocaine

3:50: another glass of Chivas, Dunhill

4:05: first cup of coffee, Dunhill

4:15: cocaine

4:16: orange juice, Dunhill

4:30: cocaine

4:54: cocaine

5:05: cocaine

5:11: coffee, Dunhills

5:30: more ice in the Chivas

5:45: cocaine, etc., etc.

6:00: grass to take the edge off the day

7:05: 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: starts snorting cocaine seriously

10:00: drops acid

11:00: Chartreuse, cocaine, grass

11:30: cocaine, etc, etc.

12:00: midnight, Hunter S. Thompson is ready to write

12:05-6:00 a.m: Chartreuse, cocaine, grass, Chivas, coffee, Heineken, clove cigarettes, grapefruit, Dunhills, orange juice, gin, continuous pornographic movies.

6:00: the hot tub-champagne, Dove Bars, fettuccine Alfredo

8:00: Halcyon

8:20: sleep