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** In "[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E6 [Night of the Stag]]", the fanatical leader of the local {{Dry Crusader}}s is a recovering alcoholic. He falls off the wagon hard when the local HillbillyMoonshiner leaves him a jar of the local hooch: an exceptionally powerful brew known as 'the Beast'.

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** In "[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E6 [Night "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E6 Night of the Stag]]", the fanatical leader of the local {{Dry Crusader}}s is a recovering alcoholic. He falls off the wagon hard when the local HillbillyMoonshiner leaves him a jar of the local hooch: an exceptionally powerful brew known as 'the Beast'.Beast'.
** In "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS22E4 The Scarecrow Murders]]", one of the murderers is a gambling addict who, thanks to the machinations of her victim, "lost three months salary in one hour". While initially reluctant to go through with the plan, her rage at the victim and herself for relapsing makes her commit the most violent murder of the three.
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** In "[[/Recap/MidsomerMurdersS12E6 The Creeper]]", the first VictimOfTheWeek is an alcoholic writer (played by Creator/RikMayall) who falls off the wagon when his asshole publisher (and former friend) rejects his book idea, and then hands him a bottle of 65-year-old brandy. He gets drunk, and several humiliations follow, ending in his murder.
** In "Night of the Stag", the fanatical leader of the local {{Dry Crusader}}s is a recovering alcoholic. He falls off the wagon hard when the local HillbillyMoonshiner leaves him a jar of the local hooch: an exceptionally powerful brew known as 'the Beast'.

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** In "[[/Recap/MidsomerMurdersS12E6 "[[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS12E6 The Creeper]]", the first VictimOfTheWeek is an alcoholic writer (played by Creator/RikMayall) who falls off the wagon when his asshole publisher (and former friend) rejects his book idea, and then hands him a bottle of 65-year-old brandy. He gets drunk, and several humiliations follow, ending in his murder.
** In "Night "[Recap/MidsomerMurdersS14E6 [Night of the Stag", Stag]]", the fanatical leader of the local {{Dry Crusader}}s is a recovering alcoholic. He falls off the wagon hard when the local HillbillyMoonshiner leaves him a jar of the local hooch: an exceptionally powerful brew known as 'the Beast'.
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** In "The Creeper", the first VictimOfTheWeek is an alcoholic writer (played by Creator/RikMayall) who falls off the wagon when his asshole publisher (and former friend) rejects his book idea, and then hands him a bottle of 65-year-old brandy. He gets drunk, and several humiliations follow, ending in his murder.

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** In "The Creeper", "[[/Recap/MidsomerMurdersS12E6 The Creeper]]", the first VictimOfTheWeek is an alcoholic writer (played by Creator/RikMayall) who falls off the wagon when his asshole publisher (and former friend) rejects his book idea, and then hands him a bottle of 65-year-old brandy. He gets drunk, and several humiliations follow, ending in his murder.
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* ''Film/AYearAndChange'': Owen relapses on alcohol after running into Vera on a date. He bounces back though.
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* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie, who's gotten sober at that point, goes on a drug and alcohol binge along with her dad over Thanksgiving in Season 2. Afterward she's intent on going clean once again. Then she gets high again [[DrowningMySorrows after Leslie dumps her]] in the Season 2 finale. Jackie's being drug tested at work due to her past and thus has to bribe another woman for her urine sample as a result to cover it up.

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* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie, who's gotten sober at that point, goes on a drug and alcohol binge along with her dad over Thanksgiving in Season 2. Afterward she's intent on going clean once again. Then she gets high again [[DrowningMySorrows after Leslie dumps her]] in the Season 2 finale. Jackie's being drug tested at work due to her past and thus has to bribe another woman for her urine sample as a result to cover it up. She goes out drinking and uses ecstasy with her friend Ray after this too.
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* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie, who's gotten sober at that point, goes on a drug and alcohol binge along with her dad over Thanksgiving in Season 2. Afterward she's intent on going clean once again. Then she gets high again [[DrowningMySorrows after Leslie dumps her]] in the Season 2 finale.

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* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie, who's gotten sober at that point, goes on a drug and alcohol binge along with her dad over Thanksgiving in Season 2. Afterward she's intent on going clean once again. Then she gets high again [[DrowningMySorrows after Leslie dumps her]] in the Season 2 finale. Jackie's being drug tested at work due to her past and thus has to bribe another woman for her urine sample as a result to cover it up.
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* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie, who's gotten sober at that point, goes on a drug and alcohol binge along with her dad over Thanksgiving in Season 2. Afterward she's intent on going clean once again.

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* ''Series/{{Hightown}}'': Jackie, who's gotten sober at that point, goes on a drug and alcohol binge along with her dad over Thanksgiving in Season 2. Afterward she's intent on going clean once again. Then she gets high again [[DrowningMySorrows after Leslie dumps her]] in the Season 2 finale.
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** A similar line in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' is probably a ShoutOut.

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** %%* A similar line in ''Film/IndependenceDay'' is probably a ShoutOut.

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