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http://listverse.com/2016/08/06/10-peopl...toxicated/

EXCERPT: Say what you want about drugs and alcohol, but they’ve spurred many people to success. For some historical figures, it was an integral part of their process. Others just happened to get wasted and have a good idea. Either way, being intoxicated helped these people make it into the history books....

Some of my best writing (on another forum) was done while I was completely and utterly blasted every time I went on there - to the point I'd only have vague memories of being on a forum at all the next day.

I was quite surprised to see Winston Churchill wasn't on the list.

Cocaine Cola! There's motivation to invent time travel!

Let's not forget Charles Bukowski:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski