I came across this phrase somewhere, but I don’t remember where, and don’t recall the exact wording. I think it might have been from the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, but I’m not sure. It goes something like this:
He kept sucking on that bottle, until one day he realized he wasn’t sucking on that bottle, that bottle was sucking on him.
I’m sure I have mangled that horribly, but does anybody else recognize it, can you tell me what it’s from, and what is the correct quote?
It’s such an evocative description of alcoholism that I would like to be able to borrow it, but I want to credit the source.
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The last time I seen my father, he was blind in the cedars from drinking. And every time he put the bottle to his mouth, he don’t suck out of it, it sucks out of him…
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[li]Ken Kesey, from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, in the character of Chief Bromden.[/li][/quote]
I tried Googling, but I must have mangled the phrasing too badly. I kept getting breast-feeding sites. Should have added Cuckoo to the search, I guess. Anywho, thanks!
I just searched on “alcohol bottle sucks on him” - adding the first word after I got a string of breast-feeding hits, which are only tangentially relevant, I guess. Google-fu strong tonight.
