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By 1817, De Quincey was consuming more than 20,000 milligrams of morphine a day. De Quincey’s book Confessions of an Opium Eater (1821) achieved a legendary status in Western societies as one of the most popular texts describing the influence of opium. In George Pettey’s The Narcotic Drug Diseases and Allied Ailments: Pathology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment (1913), the author critically…
Known simply as Oscar Wilde. “Men and women at such moments lose the freedom of their will. They move to their terrible end as automatons move.”
While Charlie Parker’s most known struggles include addictions to heroin and alcohol, he was using Benzedrine Inhalers manufactured by Smith, Klein & French (SKF), which were essentially over-the-counter amphetamines.
Reportedly, Hugo was a prolific sex addict who attended brothels so often that his death was honored by brothels across France, which closed or lowered their blinds in mourning.
Though he only briefly experimented with opium, Balzac reportedly went through 50 cups of coffee a day to support his writing habit.