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* In an episode of ''{{M*A*S*H}}'', Hawkeye and BJ are forced to remain sober after their beloved still is confiscated by Frank Burns. They are disturbed to discover just how dependent they have become on their rotgut gin.

* Nathan Algren in TheLastSamurai. A chronic alcoholic for almost a decade after being forced to [[MyGreatestFailure slaughter an innocent Indian village]], he takes a job in Japan to train Imperial conscripts and is subsequently injured and captured during their first real battle. While he's on the mend, [[YamatoNadeshiko Taka]] gives him sake at first, but then withholds it after seeing how desperately he needs it. Algren asks for sake, then screams for it, then screams period at the guilty memories he can't drown in booze anymore.

* ''BloomCounty'': Binkley once forced his father to quit cigarettes cold turkey by disposing of all of those in their house. The strip didn't explain why the father didn't go out and buy more.
** It did. Binkley hid his wallet and his car keys.

* This happens to the "blueberry" elf in ''{{Drowtales}}'', notable for her being a "pre-teen" by drow standards. She's forced sober because Ariel takes her (the elf is Ariel's slave) to the overworld to look for a friend. The elf's reason for alcoholism? [[spoiler:She was trying to suppress the pain of Diva Ratrika's [[DemonicPossession Aura Possession]].]]
** Actually she's physically teenaged, and in her thirties in actual years.

* This happens to the "blueberry" elf in ''{{Drowtales}}'', notable for her being a "pre-teen" by drow standards. She's forced sober because Ariel takes her (the elf is Ariel's slave) to the overworld to look for a friend. The elf's reason for alcoholism? [[spoiler:She was trying to suppress the pain of Diva Ratrika's [[DemonicPossession Aura Possession]].]]

* [[http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2003-02.html A smoker]] was on a Coach that didn't allow smoking for what would have been ''twelve hours'' had her [[MustHaveNicotine craving]] not gotten the better of her.[[/folder]]

* In ''WarsOfLightAndShadow/TheShipsOfMerior'', Asandir makes sure that Dakar (a well-established drunk, glutton, and lech) keeps a hastily-given promise (which he fully intends to break) by cursing him so that the finest alcohol tastes like turpentine, the tastiest food tastes like shit, and the thought of getting with a woman gives him sharp pains in his groin, until he gets off his stubborn duff and catches up with Arithon.

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* ''BloomCounty'': Binkley once forced his father to quit cigarettes cold turkey by disposing of all of those in their house. The strip didn't explain why the father didn't go out and buy more.

Bob likes his booze. ''[[TheAlcoholic A lot.]]'' He may be a recreational alcoholic, or does so to try and [[DrowningMySorrows escape remembering]] his DarkAndTroubledPast. Fate, being a cruel and fickle mistress, has other ideas. Alice drags Bob (usually shambling and slurring rather than kicking and screaming) someplace without liquor of any kind. The reasons vary, Alice may be doing an intervention, she may be trying to save his life from people out for his blood, or Bob (all by his lonesome) stumbled onto a [[PutOnABus bus]]/ship/plane/rocket to someplace where the only spirits are of the figurative variety.

Effectively, Bob has been [[TitleDrop nailed to the wagon]] and will be forced to go sober against his wishes. He'll whine, complain, and take every opportunity to get a drop of booze. However, once he's over a rather epic hangover and finishes his physical withdrawal, he'll do the emotional equivalent of curling into a ball in a corner because now he can no longer avoid facing his life. If he can resolve whatever emotional hangups were leading him to drink the sadness away, he may decide being sober is better, and it wills stick. If he's fundamentally unchanged, he'll jump OffTheWagon into the nearest vat of beer.

Despite the use of beer in the description, this trope also applies to other forms of [[DrugsAreBad drugs.]] Notably [[NotAMorningPerson Caffeine]]. Compare GoingColdTurkey when the sudden withdrawal is a voluntary decision on Bob's part.

* ''{{El Hazard}}'s'' Mr. Fujisawa. He hates being sober, but he gains super-strength from it, so the other characters enter a conspiracy to keep him off the bottle. He doesn't take it well.

* Long Joseph in ''{{Otherland}}'', who was the father to one of the protagonists, drank to avoid responsibility for his children and sadness over his wife's death. He's forced sober when they hole up in an abandoned government base to escape assassins.

* ''BloomCounty''. Binkley once forced his father to quit cigarettes cold turkey by disposing of all of the ones in their house. The strip didn't explain why the father didn't go out and buy more.

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* Happens to the "blueberry" elf in ''{{Drowtales}}'', notable for her being a "pre-teen" by drow standards. She's forced sober because Ariel takes her (she's her slave) to the overworld to look for a friend. Her reason for alcoholism? [[spoiler: She was trying to suppress the pain of Diva Ratrika's [[DemonicPossession Aura Possession]].]]

Despite the use of beer in the description, this trope also applies to other forms of [[DrugsAreBad drugs.]] Notably [[NotAMorningPerson Caffeine]].

* Rumisiel from ''{{Misfile}}'' is forced to stay sober while living with Ash and her dad. It's a work in progress for all of them.

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* Happens to the "blueberry" elf in ''{{Drowtales}}'', notable for her being a "pre-teen" by drow standards. She's forced sober because Ariel takes her (she's her slave) to the overworld to look for a friend. Her reason for alcoholism? [[spoiler: She was trying to suppress the pain of Diva Ratrika's [[DemonicPossession Aura Possession]].]]
* Long Joseph in ''{{Otherland}}'', who was the father to one of the protagonists, drank to avoid responsibility for his children and sadness over his wife's death. He's forced sober when they hole up in an abandoned government base to escape assassins.
* Phillip from ''{{Goats}}'' during the whole multiverse arc. He's kept prisoner in a "dry dimension" where there's no beer.
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