2006-11-28 10:22:26 · 4 answers · asked by We're in like sin! 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Mostly cocaine, but he was also a raging alcoholic. I'm sure that he probably toyed with others as well. I know that opium was big in his time.
2006-11-28 11:19:21 · answer #1 · answered by Goyo 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Poe was an alcoholic.
He once said
"I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness, and a dread of some strange impending doom." (Poe as quoted in Meyers 89).
It could be argued that he indulged in opiates as well.
Take a look at the sources I used. Lots of interesting information.
2006-11-28 18:35:02 · answer #2 · answered by unhappysadfungus 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absinthe was one.
2006-11-28 18:24:16 · answer #3 · answered by Strange Design 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea!
2006-11-28 18:38:05 · answer #4 · answered by Trini-HaitianGrl81 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋