There's a 100 year old man in Japan who drinks shochu nightly (a drink far superior to sake but almost totally unknown outside of East Asia). When asked if he planned to stop drinking for his health (lol), he said, "Life wouldn't be worth living without shochu." Man, I wish I had some shochu...
"Can you still have a good time without drinking?" "I dunno, I never tried it. Why would I?" That is unequivocally the most Ric Flair thing he could have said.
no you need to be at peace with yourself and face your demons looking for company jus avoids the mental solving of your minds torment (unless your suicidal)
@@aduantas No one went to therapy in the 80s bro, everyone would see you as a crazy person and pretty much you'd become an outcast in society. It's way easier to drink your demons away (still not as bad as taking xanax tho)
So you’re telling me the man went almost 80 years of life and the worst thing he’s ever had happened is he got kicked out of a wrestling conference for being drunk? No fights? Abuse? Crimes? Just parties and women? This man is the GOAT.
I mean if he didn't show up to work drunk, and those wrestling bouts were in the evening, means he had a good 16 hours a day without drinking, that on top of a good diet and rigorous exercise can really make a difference compared to someone who drinks morning noon and night who just sits on their ass and smokes all day, even if they end up only drinking a few more drinks a day than he did in total.
@@slayerhuh404 I totally agree. However with the kind of drinking Flair did, he caused some liver damage. There just isn't any way around it. Good genes make all the difference.
Functional alchoholic, my old man was one. Never missed a days work but when not at work and at home it was hell - was smashed. Arguments, fights, I never brought friends home, we never did normal family stuff, I would get bullied because people would see him drunk. I didn’t know how normal families operated until i got a girlfriend and saw other family’s homes are safe and they love each other and have fun. You can drink like that for years, then wham it suddenly catches you, liver or kidney failure or both. Dr gave my old man 2 months to live, he went into a detox at a psychiatric hospital and never touched a drop again. Web got to spend a good 10 years with him sober, making up for all those lost years. Then wham, kidney failure took him fast - died in a matter of weeks. For every alchoholic the ripple effect of their behaviour effects a good 5 to 8 people in particular direct family. Its not as simple as just liking drinking, its a social disorder the has a terrible impact on the drinker and their families - don’t go down that route.
I just had my best friend die from alcohol withdrawal. She was the #1 person in my life. Probably averaged 10 shots of vodka a day from 2020 to 2024 and had a heart attack in the night. Only 35 years old
My condolences that hit home for me, because I used to drink everyday but JESUS helped me, got cleaned up and never looked back. I drink socially sometimes but I still know it's a danger there. Because going back to everyday drinking scares me. My prayers to you and her family 🙏 🙏 🙏
These stories are definitely true. I live in one of those "shitty little towns" (Johnson City TN) that he mentioned and had the pleasure of running into Ric Flair two different times at my local bar. It was just like the story said, he bought everyone drinks and we got plastered. He even let me wear his Rolex one night . Those were some wild nights that carried on well after the bar closed . Ric Flair is one of a kind.
@@rashardmitchell7915 if you look them up actually there are lots of stories about flair being careless with his Rolex watches. He threw one in a bowl of spaghetti one time.
@@rashardmitchell7915 pretty random thing to make up… who would brag about wearing another man’s watch if it wasn’t true.. that’s just a weird thing to make up.
@@davidroyal1188 Maybe Skanky B is telling the truth....maybe I'm being a lil over skeptical...but even with all that being said I'm still having a hard time believing the story....being that Ric Flair dont even too much like ppl😏.
I’m 40, true story when I turned 21 I was in Vegas for my bday and I meet Ric Flair in 2003 at Caesar’s palace and he bought me the most expansive champagne and drinks on the house for me all night for my friends and had 2 shots with me. So cool!
In '03 or '04 a buddy of mine almost got into a fist fight with Ric Flair at a local bar after their show. Another friend at the bar took a cell phone pic with them squaring off. Hilarious.
Ric makes a great point about "How can I just go back to the hotel when I wrestled for an hour in front of a crowd?" Im a musician and this couldnt be more true for musicians too. You get off stage and you're so wired, even if it was for 10 people at a midnight show. Its like trying to go to sleep after being in a wild police chase.
It really is marvelous. You could be a metal drummer playing light country for a few hours, not even breaking a sweat through the gig, and after its done you feel like King Kong on bath salts.
Played in bands for 10 years when I was younger. Most I played too was 300 people. The rush afterwards can only be described as euphoric. Your adrenaline is so spiked!
"Stage High" is a real thing. First rock show I ever played was for 200 people in a local bar. My bass player called me 7 am the morning after. "DUDE! I HAVEN'T SLEPT!!" "DUDE! ME NEITHER!!"
A few years ago my best friend (rip) called me frantically while I was in school. He worked at a sports bar outside of Atlanta, and swore to God ric flair was at his bar. Knowing I'm a HUGE Ric flair fan he called me up there, and I left class on the spot. In awe of the legend, I sat next to him for like 4 hours and never said a word. Everyone else wanted pictures, autograph etc. By the time he left the man drank 11 Michelob lights, 7 grey goose and tonic, ate TWO chicken dinners dark meat only, and barely even caught a buzz
I feel Ric on a deep level here, for some people being alone with your own thoughts is torture, drinking and partying is the only way to keep your brain calm, sounds weird but that's how it is.
I've always drank too much, but since the pandemic I'd been drinking waaaay too much. I'd wake up depressed and start drinking, every day. I was drinking with a buddy a month ago, and we were both talking about how much we drank and kind-of impulsively decided to quit. Today has been a month, I had a half a drink at my friend's bachelor party (It was a toast, and the drink was super fancy). I feel fantastic. First week was awful withdrawals, but ever since I've felt amazing. I plan to drink in the future, but I needed to get control of it. My depression is so much better. I'm working out again. I feel so much better, just in general. Weirdly, I also seem to have lost most of my fear of heights.
@@DAndyLord It only get better and better, I've been sober for 2 years and at 44 year old I look better than I did at 30. I work out everyday and I am strong as heck. Just doing stuff in general is better because my attitude is so much more even. It took me reading a bunch of studies and stuff about the human condition and living with anxiety. You can harness the hyperactive mind and make it a tool, don't let it control you.
There are exceptional people. And that applies only to Flair. I studied for 8 hrs everyday and got an average grade. My friend just revised his studies 5 days a week for 30 mins and got 95 percent in school. By the results its normally impossible to believe that I worked more hard than him. But people mostly thought worked his ass off and got those grades awhile I was playing video games. I knew the truth because he stayed close to my place. He was a genius. And sometimes people dont get it.
I think healthier people can party harder. A lot of people quit because they can feel problems coming. Like their body tells them you can't keep this up.
I think the only thing that kept me from drinking every day like that when I was younger was the fact that I was poor as hell and could only afford to drink maybe 4 or so days out of the week usually. I was doing 15+ drinks at a time like that. I would start usually in the early afternoon. When you drink like that it's for escapism. You lie to yourself and say you're only doing it because it's fun, but even if you're deep in denial there's no denying how shitty you feel when you're not drinking. I feel terrible for people who have to go through that type of suffering.
Hey bro, been there. Jordan Petersons stuff really helped. Your suffering is normal and it's OK to not feel happy. There is meaning in life but it's up to you to make it
@@itachirama6710There is no higher power, that's just something emotionally weak people cling to just like alcoholics cling to the bottle. Besides, even Jesus turned water into wine.
Growing up in a boring small town, drinking was just what you did. Car crashes/fights/drama…. All alcohol related. I could go back there today and nothing would have changed.
Absolutely. He just happens to be built different. Fans of him might make the mistake of trying to drink like him, but it simply won’t work. Flair is Flair.🤷♂️
Flair's ability to work and drink was like that of an old Irish farmer. Long day out in the fields followed by a mountain of spuds, cabbage and pints of stout.
One of his exes said they don’t know how he still has a liver from all his drinking but I’ll take a wild guess that between the working out in the gym and the LONG matches that he has pretty much 7 days a week that he may have been able to burn a lot of the booze 🥃 out of his system and avoiding needing a liver transplant for most of his adult life? 🤷🏻♂️
Navigator is about the Navigational Engineers who built the canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts in Victorian England, rather than sailors. I'm a BIG fan of that song, it's just wonderful. @concars1234
@@dane21dc I get what you’re saying but I respectfully disagree. I don’t think of alcohol anymore and haven’t for over a decade so how can I still be one if I don’t think of or even want to drink anymore? I used to drink to numb all feelings. After I handled what was causing me to search for answers at the bottom of the bottle, I no longer wanted it at all. Can even be around it and not want any.
Ric Flair was and is just byikt different. He'd arrive at arenas looking like death, have a coffee, do his hair and put on his robe, he'd look like a million dollars and outwork and tire out the best wrestlers in the country. He'd drink like this, hit the gym in the early hours of the morning and in his words sweat out the toxins. While pretty much every NWA world champion before him hated the schedule and could only last say 4 years, Ric loved the schedule, couldn't get enough. He's just built different, he isn't like us, he isn't even like most wrestlers.
@@AngelusNielson He did be easily become the most skilled powerhouse of a wrestler you can imagine, can't imagine a 6 or 7 foot Flair that would scare even Lesnar or Kevin Nash.
I remember watching this Ric Flair special on tv a few years back. It’s phenomenal. Made me cry multiple times. Ric has lived an extraordinary live that’s for sure.
I’m right there with you Ric. I drink about a 1/2 gallon of rum within 2 days. But I go to work daily, 6 days a week working 2 jobs. It is what it is. A key factor to know is, if your a drinker, you HAVE to eat well. If you start skipping meals because the alcohol has curbed your appetite, you’ll find yourself with health issues. The biggest question is, why does someone drink so much? I can’t speak for others, but I get wicked anxiety. I’ve tried 14 different medications to help it, but none of them work.
I'm sorry to hear you've got bad anxiety, brother. I've been there and it ruins you day in and out every day and you never get a break. It's good you've found something that helps you deal with it but you know as well as I do you can't keep up that level of drinking forever. It will catch up with you and when it does, it's bad. It's a temporary fix, at best. I wish I had a permanent solution for you but I can tell you alcohol is not that. Wishing you the every best, hope you get past this.
You could also just drink diluted alcohol like beer instead. You'll pee most of it out and won't hammer your body anywhere near as bad as straight hard liquor.
nope. these are wrestlers they live in a fucking fairy tale world to begin with. they inject roids in their asses. alcohol is not glamorous and those who try to glamorize abusive alcohol due everybody a disservice. nobody starts drinking think they'll end up in rehab.
I'd say you're still kinda drunk but obviously speedy too ... the combo of the two drugs actually converts to a separate chemical in the body; cocaethylene.
He was definitely a alcoholic a functioning one yes. I feel the main reason why he drank so much was all the stress and I’m sure he felt guilt and loneliness. But he’s definitely one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time 👏👏
Ric was by his own admission, scared to be alone. Most of us enjoy our alone time. It’s extremely healthy and cerebral. But he always had to have people around and excitement. Otherwise he was not content. It’s just his personality. Everyone is unique and different, that’s for sure.
Some stars are like that.I do high end driving for some stars--athletes and they probably love the adulation--its like a drug.I had one freind--ex NFL who had smoked weed--tried cocaine and said the greatest high was scoring a touchdown and when the adrenaline settles it gets boring.I drive them around in their own cars if they want to drink and relax but some of these stars simply love being out and get restless.Ric though loved attention and its just in some folks genes.I have even had some of them hire me to drive around simply because they wanted someone to hang out with that they felt comfortable shooting the shit with.I actually worked in a semi medical career is where I met manu of these folks and I also act part time and only do extra work in blockbusters because I can also drive the stars around--in GA where I live you do not get a limo driver--they get a few cars from enterprise and have staff etc drive the important folks around.
Definitely not just his personality, unless you count addiction and depression as part of a personality. Addiction made for the drinking vehicle, depression was what he was trying to drive away from. He didn't want to be alone with his thoughts because his thoughts were painful. It's terrible that nobody recognized he was depressed. We must have come a long with in psychology, but we're still taking baby steps
If it’s his personality then he has a disorder. It’s not unhealthy to prefer socializing over solitude for recreation but it is unhealthy to not be Bally when you are by yourself.
There is a difference between waking up and drinking all day, and waking up and going to work then partying. There is a MAJOR difference between the two
No matter what you think of his wrestling style, his personal problems with women, or his attitude, you can not deny that Ric Flair has led one hell of a life. He has seen and had more fun in his life than any of us could hope to in ten lives.
Hey man, you have a strange way of looking at things. How did you get that from this video? Are you being sincere, or did someone hire you to make ridiculous statements to confuse the youth or something like that? IJS... that is a crazy take - away rt there.
Alcohol can be your best friend or worst enemy. I know from experience in my family and with myself that when it's good it's good. The shear size of Rick Flair explains why his body can handle it and his personality eclipses any problems with his drinking that might effect his social life. I'm sure the natureboy has had his share of problems, but I raise a glass to anyone, especially a 16 time Champ that keeps life happening and doesn't "tap out" 💪Cheers "Natche"🍸
I drank after work and weekends for at least 25 years , only missed work one time and that was near the end , Started puking blood every time I drank . This Christmas is 13 years sober , I asked for help as the kids were opening presents , it was turned off like a light switch. 👆🏻
@@pstx2816 its because sociaty teaches you that people who overuse drugs or use certan ones effected more by stigma Are dirty, stupid lazy and dangerous. Most people who develope substance use issues are none of those things, and dont want to be seen that way, so they hide it untill its to late
Watched him wrestle his whole career while growing up. Even though I was a Dusty Rhodes fan, I always appreciated Rick Flairs enthusiasm. I’m sure he felt the pressure to keep up his persona on tv so I can understand him going hard when off the stage. I’m sure most of them did back then. I heard all the Andre the Giant stories and many other wrestlers from back then. They didn’t make much money and they tore their bodies up. Sooner or later u need something to make the pain and loneliness go away.
Flair had a fast metabolism... that processed his alcholol very quickly so that would allow him to drink and drink and explains why he was never hammered at a show.
Back in 1992 my band was playing a hotel lounge near the Roanoke, VA regional airport on a Wednesday night...sad, I know. All of the wrestlers in town for Thursday Night Nitro were staying at this hotel and they were the only people in the lounge. Everyone but Rick was just chillin' at the bar and having a couple beers. Rick was wasted and dancing in front of the stage with two girls, the only 3 people on the dance floor. We asked him if he'd like to get on stage and sing a song. He did not hesitate for a second. He said he wanted to sing Old Time Rock and Roll, so we played it and he hilariously butchered it. It was freaking awesome though. Dude is a straight up entertainer 24/7. Funny thing is that this was very early in a 1 hour set and he wouldn't leave the stage after that song. He stayed on stage for the rest of the set and just sang along when he knew the words. What a fun guy, love Ric Flair!!
I've been there. Drink on the way to work, drink on lunch, drink after work, maybe a few more with dinner. Wake up, throw a couple white claws into a shaker cup, hit the gym, take a shower, drink on the way to work.... It just becomes normal after a while. It just becomes oil for your body at some point and it's the only way to feel like yourself. But it truly sounds crazy to anyone that's never been there before.
@@k_ir3868 Ric Flair is like 80 and drank every day. I'm not saying it's healthy or that anyone should do that, but some people process substances differently.
Ric continues to live his life on his terms. Ric has paid his share of prices for his choices but he continues to live life on his own terms and at the end of it all it is his right to do so. Thanks for all the years of entertainment.
Your exactly right, it is Ric Flair's right. However that's where a lot of people as well as me would differ. I would refuse to make a job my entire life as I would want a life outside of it.
It's less about how much he can drink, more about his religious-like workout routine. This is what created his longevity. There was a German study about the huge benefits of working out after a night of drinking. If you drink, you better work out!
A bit sad when you think about it. He drinks and parties, just to have company. But at the end of the day, the majority of people he partied with would be complete strangers he’d never meet again.
Isn’t that what people who travel do nowadays? Go to Amsterdam, Vegas, Brazil etc to party and have a good time to not keep in touch with the people they come across?
Who cares, all you need are a few somewhat meaningful connections in life.. the rest is all just part of the experience. We will all die anyway and the point is to find a way to enjoy life and be grateful for it as much as possible while we are still here
@@nicebars But considering how big he was at the wrestling business, I assumed he had several good friends to keep him company, rather than complete strangers. I didn’t expect him to be lonely, as I thought he’d have a group to be with.
@@datemasamune2904 He did have friends apparently.. he also burned some bridges. Just part of the process for certain individuals. I don't know, I just aim not to judge others. And I also realize how crazy and nonsensical life is, we should be able to enjoy it how we want
One wrestler put it this way, "you can go back to the hotel and let that hotel room be your prison or you can go out and have a good time. We went out and had a good time."
Crazy how much I relate to this. From 16 to 24, I loved to be out all night, drinking, smoking, maybe some other fun substances if they were available. And I lived that life on average 5 days a week, while working a full time job. 25 hit, & I looked around & all my friends or partying buddies had either gotten into relationships, went to rehab or just went our separate ways. Was that age I completely went cold turkey & just quit everything completely. Went from a full throttle nightlife animal to a full on introvert & im 100% okay with that.
eerily similar to my story, so congrats. I know how hard that is. I figured you're three years smarter than me.... I still smoke, but am down to a couple a day from a pack or more. 2 years clear of drugs and 8 months of alcohol and I can honest to god say I have never had so few friends. Introversion and contentedness go hand in hand. Keep it up.
Dude that’s like myself. 19-28 I was livin in Phuket partying so hard. And then I hurt myself real bad and boom cold turkey I stopped. I’m 34 now. I’m the biggest introvert.
@@1KingKurtis I know brother, it’s crazy how big your circle is when you go out & live the party life day in & day out. But once you slow down & eventually stop, not getting as many texts & calls as you once were. I have my friends who I go to concerts with or dinner with, but the circle has definitely shrunk over the years. Hope you keep at it my man! 💯
@Sailboy if i had to give advice to someone from my experience, a drink at the end of the evening is probably not abusive behavior, but if theres not a drink and you get anxious, adigitated or just bum out on it, its a warning sign your in a bad direction. if when you travel, or hit a lunch break, or go to hang out with people and your first thought is "OK first where are the drinks" Your close to it blowing up in your face. Because the thing is, you can function drinking continually aslong as you keep it consistant, untill you hit a point where your tollerence to the drug excedes what you can handle without side effects. ITs really common with people who have ADHD, it REALLY HELPS early on, very consistently its almost magical really. Then one day with little warning it stops working and your screwed
Deep love and respect for the things that Ric flair did for this industry for his career to make it possible for other upcoming wrestlers to make a living in this industry ❤️❤️❤️🙏
I drank 28 beers every day from 19 to 26. Would not recommend, but don't regret it. It taught me many lessons, but I also almost died countless times and would wake up in strange places often.
28? GTFOH Why 28? What an odd number to drink everyday. Who the fuck has even 28 beers laying around everyday when they're sold in 24 packs? How are you conscious enough to know you drank 28 a day? I could be completely sober and wouldn't take the time to tell you I ate 28 chips much less drinks and waking up in strange places.
@@thundergun933 I don’t know him or what he drank but Labatts comes in cases of 28. Also Wade Boggs drank 30 packs after every game on the buses and planes and would drink more in the bars later.
I used to drink everyday for 6 years, after a personal loss. And still function going to work. Not proud in any way, but I feel Ric. Not to his extent ofc, but I get it.
Homie, I did the same thing for many years after my brother died. Even worse, I got a DUI so I couldn’t smoke weed anymore so I just started drinking more. It took many years of growing up, and another one of my brothers passing to realize that life wasn’t sustainable. Thankfully, I can now enjoy a couple drinks and stop myself. I drink maybe 6-8 times a year, only on special occasions. While I was drinking, I drank an entire liter of whiskey 6 nights out of the week, but I wouldn’t drink the night before my DUI class. If I got caught drinking I’d get kicked out of the class and lose my license. But as soon as that class was done, I’d get home and crack open a fresh bottle. I was high functioning too, I’d go to work every day, go to the gym, come home and make dinner and then drink from 9:00PM to 2-3:00 AM every single day. I don’t know how I used to do that shit. Any way, this long winded story was just to say, alcoholism doesn’t have to be a life sentence. I’m happy to hear that there are other people that have had problems with alcohol and have overcome them. My sincerest condolences for your loss. I can’t know what you’ve been through, but I’m definitely not a stranger to loss myself. Stay strong brother.
You'd be surprised, there's more functional addicts than disfunctional. You gotta pay for your addiction somehow. I grew up around a lot of people like that. Horribly addicted to drugs and alcohol but still went to work or school and tried to keep it together. But without intervention, eventually it all falls apart.
Wow, great story, I drank almost every night for 35 years, hard working and hard living, Demon Alcohol finally bit me, now, no more hard liquor, just a few beers here and there. It will catch up to you, I knew it would one day!
3:21 Ain't that the truth. My neighbor was a construction worker. Dude was a alcoholic. Yet when it was work time the man worked like an absolute slave. Never had a D.U.I just would get hammered at home or the bar, which he would have someone drive him home than. He past though, still miss him. He was a drunk but a good neighbor and nice fella.
Former pro musician here. I started drinking at 18 and was drinking daily by age 20, (somewhere between 5-20 units a day). I didn't literally drink every day but there was never more than a 1-3 day break at a time. I'm 35 now and decided it was time to cut way back. I'd estimate I'm at 1 bottle of wine every 2 weeks, and it feels way more sustainable and enjoyable and less life ending-y as far as my internal organs are concerned.
It’s good to hear when people are able to get ahold of their drinking. I too had troubles with alcohol and cut way back. At the time, I dismissed it as “being young and enjoying my youth” but as I started getting closer to my 30’s I realized that it wasn’t practical or sustainable. It makes me sad when people have to quit drinking altogether. I still am able to enjoy drinking, but I only drink 6-8 times a year. Now, I look back and wonder how the hell I drank as much as I did. I’m a lightweight compared to what I used to drink, but I’m so happy that I can’t drinking like I used to.
Everyone talks about how much they’ve drank in their life like it’s something they’re proud of. Like they’re more cool because of it. Other alcoholics are the only ones who are impressed, but the rest of us are asking “why?” and “Why don’t they have more self control”?
I understand this fully…Drink to avoid yourself and have to be the king of the nightlife because you don’t want to be alone with yourself..Because you are your own worst enemy and the person in that reflection is a complete stranger to you….
My Mom told the story of being recently widowed with 5 boys when friends tried to cheer her up with a trip to the Aberdeen Barn in Norfolk, Virginia. At the time she didn't know that wrestlers in town went there for the humongous steaks and well stocked bar. Mom was a stunner and had no idea who any of the wrestlers were, and wasn't a drinker. Years later when I'd watch wrestling on TV she'd point to Flair and others that hit on her that night, laughing about it all.
@@mkocinema2012 if you haven’t seen (or were unaware and it’s revealed) how addiction can take a strong hold over someone you care about, the first time you see it can be jarring and almost tough to believe
I drank over 450 drinks per month for 25 years (in bars 6-7 days per week). Never thought I had a problem till I tried to stop. And like Ric, my liver is still perfectly functional. I have finally managed to cut back about 70% but would never quit outright. And if you haven't lived this life you'll never understand....
I actually met Rick Flair in a Hotel Bar one night when he happened to be in town. He showed up to the hotel and dissed a crowd of fans waiting for him and said "I only sign for kids" and kept walking. Then an hour later he came down to the quiet hotel bar and I got to shake his hand and tell him I grew up watching him... He said "Thanks a lot buddy". and then i went back to my seat lol
Ric Flair has spoke before about this strange fear he has of being alone. He doesn’t want to be isolated by himself and stuck with his own thoughts. He always needs other people around and he loves to socialize and be the life of the party. This also goes, in my opinion, hand-in-hand with Ric Flair’s past issues with self-confidence. As flamboyant & charismatic as Flair has always been… he can sometimes have crippling self-doubt. Arn Anderson has said on his podcast that he’s had to basically hold Flair together at times at the hotel when Flair started to basically crumble. Flair’s also admitted that one of the best things that ever happened to him was being paired with HHH when he came to WWE, as Flair had lost everything mentally & thought he was worthless.
10 beers and 5 mixed drinks every day for almost 20 years.... What made me laugh was the psychologist saying "That's not possible.". That psychologist hasn't had tio many alcoholic patients, that's for sure. My dad drank more than that for years. He was, like the nature boy, a functioning alcoholic back then.
“I don’t know how he still has a liver” Lady. You're talking to the Rolex wearing, diamond ring wearing, kiss stealing WOO! Wheeling dealing, Limousine riding, Jet Flying, son of a gun.
These Ric Flair animations need to become a full fledged cartoon. As in right now.
Seriously but only TV MA
It would be on Netflix or some streaming service
Could be like Archer except it's called Naitch and it's about a womanizing agent undercover as a pro-wrestler
someone needs to tell conrad
YES
“Can you have a good time without drinking?”
He looked at that man like it was the most preposterous proposition he’d ever heard
What is fair, pertinent, or makes sense about that question?
There's a 100 year old man in Japan who drinks shochu nightly (a drink far superior to sake but almost totally unknown outside of East Asia). When asked if he planned to stop drinking for his health (lol), he said, "Life wouldn't be worth living without shochu."
Man, I wish I had some shochu...
@@dogchaser520 “For his health”…the man is 100 years old. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!
That liver is the real star of the show
That liver must be studied for science
@@TSL73 Full of scar tissue and fat, it's barely holding on and may fail at any moment.
@@centralintelligenceagency9003facts, heart failure around the corner
@@centralintelligenceagency9003 he's like 90
Liver is a tough sob. Look up ww2 soldiers drinking torpedo juice. Alcohol was around for the longest time
"Can you still have a good time without drinking?"
"I dunno, I never tried it. Why would I?"
That is unequivocally the most Ric Flair thing he could have said.
Whoooooo
He’s a drunk, can’t believe he’s still alive
I tried it a couple of times, it sucks
"If you're lonely when you're alone, then you're in bad company".
Thats a great quote 👍
no you need to be at peace with yourself and face your demons looking for company jus avoids the mental solving of your minds torment (unless your suicidal)
@@thedevollsadvocateit sounds easy but some people cant handle those demons on their own and thats when shit starts to spiral out of control
What a great thing to tell someone who's alone and depressed. "It's your fault because you're bad."
What dipshit wrote that quote? Stop saying it.
@@aduantas No one went to therapy in the 80s bro, everyone would see you as a crazy person and pretty much you'd become an outcast in society. It's way easier to drink your demons away (still not as bad as taking xanax tho)
Ric would tell opponents " I've spent more money on spilled liquor at bars this year than you made in a lifetime" 🤣🤣🤣
Not something to be proud of
@@tbewin1z143 still a good roast
Definitely a top 5 all time burn by Flair.
@@Gwildor2020 kind of a self burn though
"You're talking to...THE ROLEX WEARING, JET FLYING, KISS STEALING, WHEELING DEALING, SON OF A GUN!!!"
JR is my sprit animal. “Bruh can’t we just have a few drinks and a simple conversation and then go back and chill?”
And then later be a racist dick towards Teddy Long
flair must be mine because having a boring ass conversation with someone you've talked to hundreds of times before sounds awful
@@tormmacSkill Issue
@@tormmac how sad
@@tormmacbrain capacity issue
So you’re telling me the man went almost 80 years of life and the worst thing he’s ever had happened is he got kicked out of a wrestling conference for being drunk? No fights? Abuse? Crimes? Just parties and women? This man is the GOAT.
@yt but that is true for everybody's lives just leave things as you found them
Um, the flight from hell was abusive.
Without the "fame" he's just another drunken asshole
Yeah. You need to look up the flight from hell.
it was a different time before social media, everything wasn't public.
A young ric flair cartoon meant for adults... Definitely a selling point.
I have witnessed Flair's drinking and it's pretty epic. He's a friendly drinker though. Never causes problems. Great guy, really.
I mean if he didn't show up to work drunk, and those wrestling bouts were in the evening, means he had a good 16 hours a day without drinking, that on top of a good diet and rigorous exercise can really make a difference compared to someone who drinks morning noon and night who just sits on their ass and smokes all day, even if they end up only drinking a few more drinks a day than he did in total.
@@slayerhuh404 I totally agree. However with the kind of drinking Flair did, he caused some liver damage. There just isn't any way around it. Good genes make all the difference.
@@slayerhuh404 well aaid
I feel like guys who drink like that gotta be friendly drinkers otherwise they get into trouble
May I introduce you to the Plane Ride from Hell??
Functional alchoholic, my old man was one. Never missed a days work but when not at work and at home it was hell - was smashed. Arguments, fights, I never brought friends home, we never did normal family stuff, I would get bullied because people would see him drunk. I didn’t know how normal families operated until i got a girlfriend and saw other family’s homes are safe and they love each other and have fun. You can drink like that for years, then wham it suddenly catches you, liver or kidney failure or both. Dr gave my old man 2 months to live, he went into a detox at a psychiatric hospital and never touched a drop again. Web got to spend a good 10 years with him sober, making up for all those lost years. Then wham, kidney failure took him fast - died in a matter of weeks. For every alchoholic the ripple effect of their behaviour effects a good 5 to 8 people in particular direct family. Its not as simple as just liking drinking, its a social disorder the has a terrible impact on the drinker and their families - don’t go down that route.
Omg, your story is 100% same as mine. Except my dad never died of the alcohol (it was cancer)
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How much and how often would he drink ?
@@Peatopher90 Replace it with weed. Then quit the weed
@@user-cp9id1mj8b i am a few weeks into doing exactly this lol. And adderall/proper diagnoses help too
I just had my best friend die from alcohol withdrawal. She was the #1 person in my life. Probably averaged 10 shots of vodka a day from 2020 to 2024 and had a heart attack in the night. Only 35 years old
My condolences that hit home for me, because I used to drink everyday but JESUS helped me, got cleaned up and never looked back. I drink socially sometimes but I still know it's a danger there. Because going back to everyday drinking scares me.
My prayers to you and her family 🙏 🙏 🙏
These stories are definitely true. I live in one of those "shitty little towns" (Johnson City TN) that he mentioned and had the pleasure of running into Ric Flair two different times at my local bar. It was just like the story said, he bought everyone drinks and we got plastered. He even let me wear his Rolex one night . Those were some wild nights that carried on well after the bar closed . Ric Flair is one of a kind.
So.....u telling me that he just mindlessly let some random stranger sport his rolex🤨😏... yeaaa ok... that sounds about right🙄🤥
@@rashardmitchell7915 if you look them up actually there are lots of stories about flair being careless with his Rolex watches. He threw one in a bowl of spaghetti one time.
@@rashardmitchell7915 pretty random thing to make up… who would brag about wearing another man’s watch if it wasn’t true.. that’s just a weird thing to make up.
@@davidroyal1188 Maybe Skanky B is telling the truth....maybe I'm being a lil over skeptical...but even with all that being said I'm still having a hard time believing the story....being that Ric Flair dont even too much like ppl😏.
What year was that Swanky ?
I’m 40, true story when I turned 21 I was in Vegas for my bday and I meet Ric Flair in 2003 at Caesar’s palace and he bought me the most expansive champagne and drinks on the house for me all night for my friends and had 2 shots with me. So cool!
You’re one of those Straw Hats, I see
Nice made up story bro.🥱
In '03 or '04 a buddy of mine almost got into a fist fight with Ric Flair at a local bar after their show. Another friend at the bar took a cell phone pic with them squaring off. Hilarious.
@Ser Slack hmmm... camera phones didn't come out til 2006 buddy
@@DaZHurt3r it may have been a few years later but I thought it was a grainy pic taken on a Nokia in 03 or 04.
Ric makes a great point about "How can I just go back to the hotel when I wrestled for an hour in front of a crowd?"
Im a musician and this couldnt be more true for musicians too. You get off stage and you're so wired, even if it was for 10 people at a midnight show. Its like trying to go to sleep after being in a wild police chase.
It really is marvelous. You could be a metal drummer playing light country for a few hours, not even breaking a sweat through the gig, and after its done you feel like King Kong on bath salts.
Played in bands for 10 years when I was younger. Most I played too was 300 people. The rush afterwards can only be described as euphoric. Your adrenaline is so spiked!
"Stage High" is a real thing. First rock show I ever played was for 200 people in a local bar. My bass player called me 7 am the morning after.
"DUDE! I HAVEN'T SLEPT!!"
"DUDE! ME NEITHER!!"
@@sikwilly45
that story seems kind of gay tbh...
😂😂😂
A few years ago my best friend (rip) called me frantically while I was in school. He worked at a sports bar outside of Atlanta, and swore to God ric flair was at his bar. Knowing I'm a HUGE Ric flair fan he called me up there, and I left class on the spot. In awe of the legend, I sat next to him for like 4 hours and never said a word. Everyone else wanted pictures, autograph etc. By the time he left the man drank 11 Michelob lights, 7 grey goose and tonic, ate TWO chicken dinners dark meat only, and barely even caught a buzz
@Big Dog evidently you've never met the legend, the man, nor the myth
Damn!!
Sounds like a Tuesday night
Bro i loved your report on Flair's tab, especially the chicken dinners. Btw --- that's just the part that you WITNESSED.
That's nothing. I had 12 Michelobs, 8 grey geese and three chicken dinners and didn't feel anything
I feel Ric on a deep level here, for some people being alone with your own thoughts is torture, drinking and partying is the only way to keep your brain calm, sounds weird but that's how it is.
They don't think it be like it be but it do
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some times it's called a cluster B disorder
I've always drank too much, but since the pandemic I'd been drinking waaaay too much. I'd wake up depressed and start drinking, every day.
I was drinking with a buddy a month ago, and we were both talking about how much we drank and kind-of impulsively decided to quit.
Today has been a month, I had a half a drink at my friend's bachelor party (It was a toast, and the drink was super fancy). I feel fantastic. First week was awful withdrawals, but ever since I've felt amazing. I plan to drink in the future, but I needed to get control of it.
My depression is so much better. I'm working out again. I feel so much better, just in general. Weirdly, I also seem to have lost most of my fear of heights.
@@DAndyLord It only get better and better, I've been sober for 2 years and at 44 year old I look better than I did at 30. I work out everyday and I am strong as heck. Just doing stuff in general is better because my attitude is so much more even. It took me reading a bunch of studies and stuff about the human condition and living with anxiety. You can harness the hyperactive mind and make it a tool, don't let it control you.
And here he is. Out lived so many wrestler’s and still partying. That saying “live every day like it’s your last” is definitely Flair.
There are exceptional people. And that applies only to Flair.
I studied for 8 hrs everyday and got an average grade. My friend just revised his studies 5 days a week for 30 mins and got 95 percent in school.
By the results its normally impossible to believe that I worked more hard than him.
But people mostly thought worked his ass off and got those grades awhile I was playing video games.
I knew the truth because he stayed close to my place. He was a genius.
And sometimes people dont get it.
@@bourbon646
You need to STUDY MORE.
Concentrate on English Composition
and Rhetoric Courses.
It’s almost like he didn’t learn anything.
I think healthier people can party harder. A lot of people quit because they can feel problems coming. Like their body tells them you can't keep this up.
And we think Stone Cold is tough. It should've been Flair 3:16.
I think the only thing that kept me from drinking every day like that when I was younger was the fact that I was poor as hell and could only afford to drink maybe 4 or so days out of the week usually. I was doing 15+ drinks at a time like that. I would start usually in the early afternoon. When you drink like that it's for escapism. You lie to yourself and say you're only doing it because it's fun, but even if you're deep in denial there's no denying how shitty you feel when you're not drinking. I feel terrible for people who have to go through that type of suffering.
Yeah, I usually feel shitty when I'm not drunk or on something, doing this for nearly 20 years now,it's definitely taking a toll!!!
Hey bro, been there. Jordan Petersons stuff really helped. Your suffering is normal and it's OK to not feel happy. There is meaning in life but it's up to you to make it
@@itachirama6710There is no higher power, that's just something emotionally weak people cling to just like alcoholics cling to the bottle. Besides, even Jesus turned water into wine.
@@BigBadJerryRogers I'd rather be a wino than ignorant and pretentious like your take.
@@BigBadJerryRogersBogus comment
Growing up in a boring small town, drinking was just what you did. Car crashes/fights/drama…. All alcohol related. I could go back there today and nothing would have changed.
if science analyzed the genetics of ozzy osbourne and ric flair we could create a superhuman
Don't forget Keith Richards
Ozzy, Flair, Keith, and Willy Nelson
so funny you say that cause im literally reading these comments while listening to ozzy lmfao
Also iggy pop
"I don't know, I never tried it. Why would I?"
That hit. That hurt.
They should have had Ric Flair comic books.....they did a great job capturing him as a cartoon.
1:55 Love this part for some reason!
I want more animated Ric Flair stories!
Jim Ross says to this day he cannot even smell a Kamakazi without gettin queasy thanks to Naitch .
No he doesn’t
For every Alcoholic like Ric, there are 10,000 that don't, or can't, go the distance. They wash out. This is what makes Ric special. Very special.
Absolutely. He just happens to be built different. Fans of him might make the mistake of trying to drink like him, but it simply won’t work. Flair is Flair.🤷♂️
Imagine what he could have done if he was sober.
@@thesuperioraffection4502 , honestly, he probably would have been boring to watch. For a lot of people, booze gives them courage.
It doesn’t make him special, it makes him lucky.
@@mattj4112
Whoosh ? Lol
Flair's ability to work and drink was like that of an old Irish farmer. Long day out in the fields followed by a mountain of spuds, cabbage and pints of stout.
Or the miners in South Wales valleys, 8 hours underground then 8 pints of bitter in the club
One of his exes said they don’t know how he still has a liver from all his drinking but I’ll take a wild guess that between the working out in the gym and the LONG matches that he has pretty much 7 days a week that he may have been able to burn a lot of the booze 🥃 out of his system and avoiding needing a liver transplant for most of his adult life? 🤷🏻♂️
Or old time sailors. "They never drank water but whiskey by pints" ruclips.net/video/OSTk-lXf6xA/видео.html
Navigator is about the Navigational Engineers who built the canals and the bridges, the embankments and cuts in Victorian England, rather than sailors.
I'm a BIG fan of that song, it's just wonderful.
@concars1234
@@MrManfly
Actually this is a good point!🤔
As a former alcoholic myself. The difference between alcoholics and drunks; drunks don’t go to meetings. 😂
There are no former alcoholic’s. Once you are an alcoholic, you are an alcoholic for life, regardless how long you have been sober
@@dane21dc I get what you’re saying but I respectfully disagree. I don’t think of alcohol anymore and haven’t for over a decade so how can I still be one if I don’t think of or even want to drink anymore? I used to drink to numb all feelings. After I handled what was causing me to search for answers at the bottom of the bottle, I no longer wanted it at all. Can even be around it and not want any.
He has made it to 73 and doesn’t seem to have a history of being a mean or violent drunk. You do you Ric.
For sure
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If he doesn't already have dimentia he'll have it soon. It's not worth it
You haven't watched the dark side of the ring. His teammates say otherwise
@@salgoud12 Everyone is abusive at certain points
Ric Flair was and is just byikt different. He'd arrive at arenas looking like death, have a coffee, do his hair and put on his robe, he'd look like a million dollars and outwork and tire out the best wrestlers in the country. He'd drink like this, hit the gym in the early hours of the morning and in his words sweat out the toxins. While pretty much every NWA world champion before him hated the schedule and could only last say 4 years, Ric loved the schedule, couldn't get enough. He's just built different, he isn't like us, he isn't even like most wrestlers.
cocaine is a hell of a drug.
Or did he drink to get through the schedule? Probably more like it 😂😄
Imagine if he took care of himself.
@@AngelusNielson
He did be easily become the most skilled powerhouse of a wrestler you can imagine, can't imagine a 6 or 7 foot Flair that would scare even Lesnar or Kevin Nash.
@@TexasReppin210 it was actually
Meth that they called black beauties and speed for the working and cocaine for the after shows
This is the best drinking story I've ever heard!!!
The animation in this is awesome. Ive had points where I drank alot and just wanted anyone around so I wasnt alone. I feel that
When I got back from combat, I drank everyday for 30 years. So it is possible. Ric took it too another level.
i hope you're doing ok brother
I know a dude whos beem drunk everyday since he was 14. Hes 60 somthing now 😂
@@Lysimachus - I am cool, YAH will only give you what you can handle.
@@ministryofyahushua3065 what a dumb outlook
@@ryanwingfield3005he must be completely brain dead though and only talks nonsense due to all that abuse
These are some fantastic animations, props to the artists.
The hair alone is epic.
You talk about partying hard, that’s Ric Flair.
What an inspiration..im going to make my nephews drink everyday from now on
The shrink was in the chair when he was done LOL Can't beat this stuff!
I remember watching this Ric Flair special on tv a few years back. It’s phenomenal. Made me cry multiple times. Ric has lived an extraordinary live that’s for sure.
I’m right there with you Ric. I drink about a 1/2 gallon of rum within 2 days. But I go to work daily, 6 days a week working 2 jobs. It is what it is. A key factor to know is, if your a drinker, you HAVE to eat well. If you start skipping meals because the alcohol has curbed your appetite, you’ll find yourself with health issues. The biggest question is, why does someone drink so much? I can’t speak for others, but I get wicked anxiety. I’ve tried 14 different medications to help it, but none of them work.
I'm sorry to hear you've got bad anxiety, brother. I've been there and it ruins you day in and out every day and you never get a break. It's good you've found something that helps you deal with it but you know as well as I do you can't keep up that level of drinking forever. It will catch up with you and when it does, it's bad. It's a temporary fix, at best. I wish I had a permanent solution for you but I can tell you alcohol is not that. Wishing you the every best, hope you get past this.
yeah 3 day max on dude 4 off your liver will be fine if you work out
Have you tried Ashwagandha liquid tincture?
You could also just drink diluted alcohol like beer instead. You'll pee most of it out and won't hammer your body anywhere near as bad as straight hard liquor.
When you are an alcoholic and people still think you are great, says a lot. Nature Boy you rock!!!!!
The animation is so AWESOME!!
I think he's scared to be sober and alone with his thoughts.
Bingo
And the reason for that might be CTE brain damage
That's the only reason people drink/take drugs.
Aren’t we all?
You solved addiction
Literally Built Different
nope. these are wrestlers they live in a fucking fairy tale world to begin with. they inject roids in their asses. alcohol is not glamorous and those who try to glamorize abusive alcohol due everybody a disservice. nobody starts drinking think they'll end up in rehab.
Like all heavy drinkers, unhappy and lonely. Hope he finds peace x
these guys drank in excess so easily and frequently because of the cocaine use. you never get drunk while on coke.
Bingo while on coke you can drink forever but of course wrestlers aren’t going to admit about their cocaine use
@@Qblues941 yeah blow can bring you from blacked out to back to reality and drinking 10 more beers easy.
The best sober driver in town... powder
@crassgop you be up all night off coke 😂 then the come down is the worse
I'd say you're still kinda drunk but obviously speedy too ... the combo of the two drugs actually converts to a separate chemical in the body; cocaethylene.
I wish that Lemmy Killmister and Ric Flair, both in their prime, went to a party together. I want to see that.
You damn right and I would have loved to be right there with them! Man the conversations you would hear!
There wouldn’t be a drop of booze left in a 5 mile radius.
He was definitely a alcoholic a functioning one yes. I feel the main reason why he drank so much was all the stress and I’m sure he felt guilt and loneliness. But he’s definitely one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time 👏👏
out of all the wrestlers who have passed away it is unbelievable that Ric is still alive, WOOOOO!
Ric was by his own admission, scared to be alone. Most of us enjoy our alone time. It’s extremely healthy and cerebral. But he always had to have people around and excitement. Otherwise he was not content. It’s just his personality. Everyone is unique and different, that’s for sure.
Some stars are like that.I do high end driving for some stars--athletes and they probably love the adulation--its like a drug.I had one freind--ex NFL who had smoked weed--tried cocaine and said the greatest high was scoring a touchdown and when the adrenaline settles it gets boring.I drive them around in their own cars if they want to drink and relax but some of these stars simply love being out and get restless.Ric though loved attention and its just in some folks genes.I have even had some of them hire me to drive around simply because they wanted someone to hang out with that they felt comfortable shooting the shit with.I actually worked in a semi medical career is where I met manu of these folks and I also act part time and only do extra work in blockbusters because I can also drive the stars around--in GA where I live you do not get a limo driver--they get a few cars from enterprise and have staff etc drive the important folks around.
Definitely not just his personality, unless you count addiction and depression as part of a personality.
Addiction made for the drinking vehicle, depression was what he was trying to drive away from. He didn't want to be alone with his thoughts because his thoughts were painful.
It's terrible that nobody recognized he was depressed. We must have come a long with in psychology, but we're still taking baby steps
If it’s his personality then he has a disorder.
It’s not unhealthy to prefer socializing over solitude for recreation but it is unhealthy to not be Bally when you are by yourself.
I have friends like that. It’s usually so they can avoid the negative/depressing parts of life..
You don't need to drink to be with other people though. It's just a social lubricant or a drug to get out of your mind on.
When I was 10 years old I met RF at a hotel restaurant in Atlanta. I thought I had met Zues; he was BIGGER than Life. What a Legend
There is a difference between waking up and drinking all day, and waking up and going to work then partying. There is a MAJOR difference between the two
Yes. Its like when you have nothing to live for the booze hits twice as hard
@@northernking2604no you missed the point lol
10 beers and 5 shots, Whoooo! The Nature Boy is the GOAT of wrestling!
Aside from the drinking, Naitch also admitted to doing "maintenance on Space Mountain" twice a day lol.
hahahahah
Hey you need to send a car with no one on it to ensure the rails are in good working order as a test run before the ladies start queuing to ride
That’s in addition to the steady supply of top-shelf ass this man got. He really was a machine.
No matter what you think of his wrestling style, his personal problems with women, or his attitude, you can not deny that Ric Flair has led one hell of a life. He has seen and had more fun in his life than any of us could hope to in ten lives.
I don’t need to do what he did to have more fun than him.
I gave up drinking when i noticed i was drinking 25 pints in a night, only stopped because of the cost
@@turokforever007 25 pints? You must've really been pissing yourself
Hey man, you have a strange way of looking at things. How did you get that from this video? Are you being sincere, or did someone hire you to make ridiculous statements to confuse the youth or something like that? IJS... that is a crazy take - away rt there.
Sounds miserable tbh
Alcohol can be your best friend or worst enemy. I know from experience in my family and with myself that when it's good it's good. The shear size of Rick Flair explains why his body can handle it and his personality eclipses any problems with his drinking that might effect his social life. I'm sure the natureboy has had his share of problems, but I raise a glass to anyone, especially a 16 time Champ that keeps life happening and doesn't "tap out" 💪Cheers "Natche"🍸
Whoever did the animations... Award winning...give them an Oscar
I drank after work and weekends for at least 25 years , only missed work one time and that was near the end , Started puking blood every time I drank .
This Christmas is 13 years sober , I asked for help as the kids were opening presents , it was turned off like a light switch. 👆🏻
Have you had any health problems since because of it?
congrats and kudos.
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Happy for you that you came up on top. Sad how some people are ashamed to ask for help...
@@pstx2816 its because sociaty teaches you that people who overuse drugs or use certan ones effected more by stigma Are dirty, stupid lazy and dangerous. Most people who develope substance use issues are none of those things, and dont want to be seen that way, so they hide it untill its to late
They should just make a cartoon reality series with those wrestlers.
When I was a kid there was one
yes. imagine the horrific Sid vs Arn Anderson stabbing blood bath fight
According to Ric flair, every match he’s ever had was an hour long
Watched him wrestle his whole career while growing up. Even though I was a Dusty Rhodes fan, I always appreciated Rick Flairs enthusiasm. I’m sure he felt the pressure to keep up his persona on tv so I can understand him going hard when off the stage. I’m sure most of them did back then. I heard all the Andre the Giant stories and many other wrestlers from back then. They didn’t make much money and they tore their bodies up. Sooner or later u need something to make the pain and loneliness go away.
That persona is what Ric wants to be which is why he always drinks and wants to be with people. He doesn't want to be sober and by himself.
“All those little 💩 towns.” 😂😂😂😂
Hell yeah I need to party with Ric Flair I'm 43 and drinking 12 pack plus a day of beer since my early twenties more props to you Rick
Flair had a fast metabolism... that processed his alcholol very quickly so that would allow him to drink and drink and explains why he was never hammered at a show.
The crazy thing is, he STILL drinks every day to this very day. No problem for the Natch!
My uncle died because of alcohol.
Rip for all who died
There was always sadness and loneliness in Flair. The drinking and partying seemed to be his way of coping with the hurting and guilt inside.
He survive a plane accident
I hope I can be like Ric Flair one day... able to buy drinks for everyone and party all the time.
Back in 1992 my band was playing a hotel lounge near the Roanoke, VA regional airport on a Wednesday night...sad, I know. All of the wrestlers in town for Thursday Night Nitro were staying at this hotel and they were the only people in the lounge. Everyone but Rick was just chillin' at the bar and having a couple beers. Rick was wasted and dancing in front of the stage with two girls, the only 3 people on the dance floor. We asked him if he'd like to get on stage and sing a song. He did not hesitate for a second. He said he wanted to sing Old Time Rock and Roll, so we played it and he hilariously butchered it. It was freaking awesome though. Dude is a straight up entertainer 24/7. Funny thing is that this was very early in a 1 hour set and he wouldn't leave the stage after that song. He stayed on stage for the rest of the set and just sang along when he knew the words. What a fun guy, love Ric Flair!!
I've been there. Drink on the way to work, drink on lunch, drink after work, maybe a few more with dinner. Wake up, throw a couple white claws into a shaker cup, hit the gym, take a shower, drink on the way to work....
It just becomes normal after a while. It just becomes oil for your body at some point and it's the only way to feel like yourself. But it truly sounds crazy to anyone that's never been there before.
But its not oil, its literally poison and once your liver is gone its all over. Ive been there too and glad I made it out.
@@k_ir3868 Ric Flair is like 80 and drank every day. I'm not saying it's healthy or that anyone should do that, but some people process substances differently.
Ric continues to live his life on his terms. Ric has paid his share of prices for his choices but he continues to live life on his own terms and at the end of it all it is his right to do so. Thanks for all the years of entertainment.
Your exactly right, it is Ric Flair's right. However that's where a lot of people as well as me would differ. I would refuse to make a job my entire life as I would want a life outside of it.
Seems like a "happy drunk" though. Thank goodness for that.
It's less about how much he can drink, more about his religious-like workout routine. This is what created his longevity. There was a German study about the huge benefits of working out after a night of drinking. If you drink, you better work out!
A bit sad when you think about it. He drinks and parties, just to have company. But at the end of the day, the majority of people he partied with would be complete strangers he’d never meet again.
Isn’t that what people who travel do nowadays? Go to Amsterdam, Vegas, Brazil etc to party and have a good time to not keep in touch with the people they come across?
That's kind of what people, who party do, anyway.
Who cares, all you need are a few somewhat meaningful connections in life.. the rest is all just part of the experience. We will all die anyway and the point is to find a way to enjoy life and be grateful for it as much as possible while we are still here
@@nicebars But considering how big he was at the wrestling business, I assumed he had several good friends to keep him company, rather than complete strangers. I didn’t expect him to be lonely, as I thought he’d have a group to be with.
@@datemasamune2904 He did have friends apparently.. he also burned some bridges. Just part of the process for certain individuals. I don't know, I just aim not to judge others. And I also realize how crazy and nonsensical life is, we should be able to enjoy it how we want
These wrestlers drinking stories are legendary
One wrestler put it this way, "you can go back to the hotel and let that hotel room be your prison or you can go out and have a good time. We went out and had a good time."
I could listen to Rick flair talk forever. Living legend
"Thats me, I've lived the life of a king because the people allowed me to." - Ric Flair in 1999 still true today.
Crazy how much I relate to this. From 16 to 24, I loved to be out all night, drinking, smoking, maybe some other fun substances if they were available. And I lived that life on average 5 days a week, while working a full time job. 25 hit, & I looked around & all my friends or partying buddies had either gotten into relationships, went to rehab or just went our separate ways. Was that age I completely went cold turkey & just quit everything completely. Went from a full throttle nightlife animal to a full on introvert & im 100% okay with that.
Your lungs and liver will thank you throughout your 30’s.
Quitting booze cold turkey is extremely dangerous, glad you came out unscathed. Definitely not something I would recommend, though.
eerily similar to my story, so congrats. I know how hard that is. I figured you're three years smarter than me.... I still smoke, but am down to a couple a day from a pack or more. 2 years clear of drugs and 8 months of alcohol and I can honest to god say I have never had so few friends. Introversion and contentedness go hand in hand. Keep it up.
Dude that’s like myself. 19-28 I was livin in Phuket partying so hard. And then I hurt myself real bad and boom cold turkey I stopped. I’m 34 now. I’m the biggest introvert.
@@1KingKurtis I know brother, it’s crazy how big your circle is when you go out & live the party life day in & day out. But once you slow down & eventually stop, not getting as many texts & calls as you once were. I have my friends who I go to concerts with or dinner with, but the circle has definitely shrunk over the years. Hope you keep at it my man! 💯
Loneliness is a disease,
I was never a drinker. I started doing it when I had terrible insomnia. I eventually abused it. Got to me big time.
@Sailboy if i had to give advice to someone from my experience, a drink at the end of the evening is probably not abusive behavior, but if theres not a drink and you get anxious, adigitated or just bum out on it, its a warning sign your in a bad direction.
if when you travel, or hit a lunch break, or go to hang out with people and your first thought is "OK first where are the drinks" Your close to it blowing up in your face.
Because the thing is, you can function drinking continually aslong as you keep it consistant, untill you hit a point where your tollerence to the drug excedes what you can handle without side effects.
ITs really common with people who have ADHD, it REALLY HELPS early on, very consistently its almost magical really. Then one day with little warning it stops working and your screwed
Genius ain't free; one must pay the cost to be a LEGEND even before the world knows how great you are...
Wooooooooo!!!!!!!1
Deep love and respect for the things that Ric flair did for this industry for his career to make it possible for other upcoming wrestlers to make a living in this industry ❤️❤️❤️🙏
I drank 28 beers every day from 19 to 26. Would not recommend, but don't regret it. It taught me many lessons, but I also almost died countless times and would wake up in strange places often.
28? GTFOH Why 28? What an odd number to drink everyday. Who the fuck has even 28 beers laying around everyday when they're sold in 24 packs? How are you conscious enough to know you drank 28 a day? I could be completely sober and wouldn't take the time to tell you I ate 28 chips much less drinks and waking up in strange places.
@@thundergun933 I don’t know him or what he drank but Labatts comes in cases of 28. Also Wade Boggs drank 30 packs after every game on the buses and planes and would drink more in the bars later.
@@anders8700 RIP Wade Boggs
I used to have 12 a day and go boxing training in the morning and sweat it out, however I was told I was one of biggest sweaters there lol
You almost died countless times from drinking beer lol ?
You forgot to mention all the cocaine that went with that alcohol
this man is a legend,
I have no idea how he got to 74
It's a tragedy, really.
@@Bubbleb2 try cbd edibles instead
No it’s not. He chose to live that way just because you don’t agree with it doesn’t make it a tragedy!
@@ericsmithhart8509 it is a tragedy because his alcoholism caused problems in his and his families life
@@BRIANDER100 Exactly, and he still hasn't recovered.
@@ericsmithhart8509 Look deeper, it is.
I used to drink everyday for 6 years, after a personal loss. And still function going to work. Not proud in any way, but I feel Ric. Not to his extent ofc, but I get it.
Hey bubba what was/is your personal loss story? Thanks just curious
@warrior80 none ya business. Keep it at that
Homie, I did the same thing for many years after my brother died. Even worse, I got a DUI so I couldn’t smoke weed anymore so I just started drinking more. It took many years of growing up, and another one of my brothers passing to realize that life wasn’t sustainable. Thankfully, I can now enjoy a couple drinks and stop myself. I drink maybe 6-8 times a year, only on special occasions. While I was drinking, I drank an entire liter of whiskey 6 nights out of the week, but I wouldn’t drink the night before my DUI class. If I got caught drinking I’d get kicked out of the class and lose my license. But as soon as that class was done, I’d get home and crack open a fresh bottle. I was high functioning too, I’d go to work every day, go to the gym, come home and make dinner and then drink from 9:00PM to 2-3:00 AM every single day. I don’t know how I used to do that shit.
Any way, this long winded story was just to say, alcoholism doesn’t have to be a life sentence. I’m happy to hear that there are other people that have had problems with alcohol and have overcome them.
My sincerest condolences for your loss. I can’t know what you’ve been through, but I’m definitely not a stranger to loss myself. Stay strong brother.
You'd be surprised, there's more functional addicts than disfunctional. You gotta pay for your addiction somehow. I grew up around a lot of people like that. Horribly addicted to drugs and alcohol but still went to work or school and tried to keep it together. But without intervention, eventually it all falls apart.
How much did you drink each day?
Wow, great story, I drank almost every night for 35 years, hard working and hard living, Demon Alcohol finally bit me, now, no more hard liquor, just a few beers here and there. It will catch up to you, I knew it would one day!
damn
3:21 Ain't that the truth. My neighbor was a construction worker. Dude was a alcoholic. Yet when it was work time the man worked like an absolute slave. Never had a D.U.I just would get hammered at home or the bar, which he would have someone drive him home than.
He past though, still miss him. He was a drunk but a good neighbor and nice fella.
Former pro musician here. I started drinking at 18 and was drinking daily by age 20, (somewhere between 5-20 units a day). I didn't literally drink every day but there was never more than a 1-3 day break at a time. I'm 35 now and decided it was time to cut way back. I'd estimate I'm at 1 bottle of wine every 2 weeks, and it feels way more sustainable and enjoyable and less life ending-y as far as my internal organs are concerned.
It’s good to hear when people are able to get ahold of their drinking. I too had troubles with alcohol and cut way back. At the time, I dismissed it as “being young and enjoying my youth” but as I started getting closer to my 30’s I realized that it wasn’t practical or sustainable. It makes me sad when people have to quit drinking altogether. I still am able to enjoy drinking, but I only drink 6-8 times a year. Now, I look back and wonder how the hell I drank as much as I did. I’m a lightweight compared to what I used to drink, but I’m so happy that I can’t drinking like I used to.
Proud of you bro
Interesting. You should write a blog!
Everyone talks about how much they’ve drank in their life like it’s something they’re proud of. Like they’re more cool because of it. Other alcoholics are the only ones who are impressed, but the rest of us are asking “why?” and “Why don’t they have more self control”?
proud of you, what'd you play?
I understand this fully…Drink to avoid yourself and have to be the king of the nightlife because you don’t want to be alone with yourself..Because you are your own worst enemy and the person in that reflection is a complete stranger to you….
My Mom told the story of being recently widowed with 5 boys when friends tried to cheer her up with a trip to the Aberdeen Barn in Norfolk, Virginia.
At the time she didn't know that wrestlers in town went there for the humongous steaks and well stocked bar. Mom was a stunner and had no idea who any of the wrestlers were, and wasn't a drinker. Years later when I'd watch wrestling on TV she'd point to Flair and others that hit on her that night, laughing about it all.
That’s cool!😁
I feel this pain, when that guy said”why cant you just go back to the hotel and watch the tv”, dude has no clue what alcohol can do
How do you mean?
@@mkocinema2012 if you haven’t seen (or were unaware and it’s revealed) how addiction can take a strong hold over someone you care about, the first time you see it can be jarring and almost tough to believe
I drank over 450 drinks per month for 25 years (in bars 6-7 days per week). Never thought I had a problem till I tried to stop. And like Ric, my liver is still perfectly functional. I have finally managed to cut back about 70% but would never quit outright. And if you haven't lived this life you'll never understand....
When you've lived that high, and had that fun it's hard to be bored.
What's really funny is he says it like you can't drink when you're watching TV.
I actually met Rick Flair in a Hotel Bar one night when he happened to be in town. He showed up to the hotel and dissed a crowd of fans waiting for him and said "I only sign for kids" and kept walking. Then an hour later he came down to the quiet hotel bar and I got to shake his hand and tell him I grew up watching him... He said "Thanks a lot buddy". and then i went back to my seat lol
Anymore, I don’t blame any celebrity for that. Too many people getting things signed and then straight onto eBay.
Ric Flair has spoke before about this strange fear he has of being alone. He doesn’t want to be isolated by himself and stuck with his own thoughts. He always needs other people around and he loves to socialize and be the life of the party. This also goes, in my opinion, hand-in-hand with Ric Flair’s past issues with self-confidence. As flamboyant & charismatic as Flair has always been… he can sometimes have crippling self-doubt. Arn Anderson has said on his podcast that he’s had to basically hold Flair together at times at the hotel when Flair started to basically crumble. Flair’s also admitted that one of the best things that ever happened to him was being paired with HHH when he came to WWE, as Flair had lost everything mentally & thought he was worthless.
What a story teller.
At least you weren't tricked Ted! Unlike the others who fall for it.
10 beers and 5 mixed drinks every day for almost 20 years....
What made me laugh was the psychologist saying "That's not possible.".
That psychologist hasn't had tio many alcoholic patients, that's for sure. My dad drank more than that for years. He was, like the nature boy, a functioning alcoholic back then.
Absolutely. I've known multiple hardcore alcoholics who down a 1.75L of vodka every single day! It's insane how much you can drink with big tolerance.
My uncle dan is the same way ....few beers at work...few after work n a 30 pack for dinner
@@jimmyjames3819 Sounds like my dad. He drank ROOM.TEMPURATURE Pabst blue ribbon before, during and especially after work.
yeah i don't know how people do that every day and still get anything done. After 2 beers I'm just ready to take a nap lol
Depends what you mean by "functioning," I guess. Flair is broke, his family barely talks to him, etc.
This man got an iron liver. Damn!
“I don’t know how he still has a liver”
Lady. You're talking to the Rolex wearing, diamond ring wearing, kiss stealing WOO!
Wheeling dealing, Limousine riding, Jet Flying, son of a gun.
It's got to make you wonder what lies beneath the tough exterior that would cause that massive amount of drinking.
Some people just like to drink and eventually get addicted. Once that happens you can literally have seizures and die if you stop drinking.
I've always respected Ric Flair this raised the bae and really concerns me at the same time.
Freaking nature boy