Why did so many creative genius's drink themselves to death? Does alcohol help stimulate creativity?

Answer 1

Yeah, have you NOT seen the stuff you can get accomplished when you're drunk? I've learned that a smoke bomb floats, a fire extinguisher is REALLY messy when played with indoors, oh and diet coke and mentos is amazing.

Answer 2

Nothing should be done its totally there choice to drink themselves away and just because you saw a couple of women drinking red wine alone or with there spouse or a friend doesnt mean we all do it. Once or twice a week i like to have a couple cold beers or go to my neighbors and watch a movie with 3 different kinds of wine its NOT A BIG DEAL and for the ladies who are gorging themselves with there alcohol well sweety thats totally on them if they die they die i dont think there is nothing we can do or nothing we should do its there right to drink and have a little fun while the children are sleeping.

Answer 3

Alcohol and drugs stimulate artistic creativity. I don't know why but if you look back through history all the artists considered worthy were drunks and druggies.
jw

Answer 4

I think it's the other way around, although alcohol can reduce inhibitions, and allow more creative flow. Creative genius's suffer typically from low self esteem because their success too often requires approval from others(critics, the public, etc.)and they may consider themselves failures due to their perfectionism. Alcohol and other drugs provide solace.

M

Answer 5

it's called self medicating,
anti-depressants, lithium etc have annoying side -effects, and anyway, how are you meant to know you need mind medication, when you've never lived in anyone else's mind ?
Though not all creative folk have addiction problems.


M : )

Answer 6

To the contrary.
Creative minds are often chaotic, and the intoxicating effects of alcohol and certain drugs are used as a means to stop the noise, however temporarily.
I think immediately of the late jazz saxophone icon Charlie Parker, whose herion addiction ultimately lead to death in his mid-30s.
A fellow musician began using herion, hoping to emulate the great master. Parker told him that the drug didn't enhance his artistry, but inhibited it.
The popular image of the drunken poet finding his muse in a bottle is an over-romanticised falsehood.

Answer 7

It's simply because they're all krazy and have addictive personalities, barman...didn't you learn ANYTHING in school? ;)

Answer 8

It is spelled geniuses, and the answer is yes. Now fetch me another drink.

Answer 9

yeah it makes them normal . they drink themselves normal !its sad but true !

Answer 10

Alcohol is a gifted chemical. Depending on how much is consumed, it can act as a food, a drug or a poison.

For some authors and artists, alcohol seems to coax the muse out of hiding. Writer E. White once mentioned in a letter to a friend that a single dry martini could effectively dislodge his occasional writer's block.

How is it that alcohol may help people stymied by a blank canvas or a sheet of typing paper. The answer may be in this drug's special ability to simultaneously lower anxiety and increase arousal:

* Physiologically, it acts as a depressant , reducing motor function and causing a feeling of relaxation.
* Psychologically, it makes people feel high (or creative or outgoing or brave) by blocking certain inhibiting mechanisms in the personality. It is said of many disciplines that peak performance can be had only by not trying too hard; perhaps this is where alcohol comes in. A small, occasional dose may keep our anxieties and eagerness from spoiling our best efforts.

It might seem that if a little nip of alcohol helps, then a few more drinks would really open the floodgates of creative energy. But in fact, these effects are temporary, and more does not mean better. After an initial period of stimulation, the brain's cells become less active, and the brief alcohol/sugar energy boost is followed by the inevitable onset of Fatigue.

As for alcohol's power as a creativity drug, its reputation is largely a Myth. It is not safe to assume that a glass of Pernod, for example, will confer upon you the creative spark of the young Hemingway who sipped this yellow-green liquor as he wrote in the cafes of Paris. And it is downright dangerous to infer than heavy drinking is a key to artistic success, despite our many cultural heroes for whom alcohol abuse was a central and at times colourful part of life.

The trick of staying on alcohol's friendly side is to drink just enough and no more. Many of us feel pressured to drink in certain situations: Drinking is not only socially accepted, but at parties and conventions and business luncheons, its use may be expected. The challenge here is to know yourself - your tolerance, and your personal reactions to alcohol as a food, drug and poison.

Alcohol is a neurotoxic agent at lower doses than was previously recognised, and does in fact destroy brain cells. Even light to moderate drinking may impair such high-order cognitive processes as abstracting, adaptive ability, concept formation, and learning ability.

Memory suffers, too, and drinking interferes with the brain's ability to process new information and commit it to memory.