History Main / NailedToTheWagon

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

Compare NoMatterHowMuchIBeg, where the character makes the decision to shut himself away from temptation, with friends enlisted to enforce that decision after the fact.

* In ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', after two drunk angels quit, {{God}} decrees that the rest of them can no longer drink alcohol. The booze-loving Metatron resorts to sipping and then spitting out his drinks.

* Tanked gets NailedToTheWagon in ''Webcomic/BearNuts'' chapter 29: "Tanked Goes Dry", when one of Evil's pranks causes the zoo to lose it's liquor license, cutting off Tanked's supply. None of the other bears are particularly happy about this since Tanked starts throwing tantrums all over the place. The following chapter (":[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Origin Of Tanked]]") reveals that, thanks to a particular childhood experience, going sober might be legitimately bad for Tanked.

* Creator/PeterPenchley's novel ''Rummies'' has addicts sent to a rehab center that relies on this, forcing its patients to immediately quit and avoid whatever they're addicted to.

* In the ''Series/Babylon5'' episode "Objects at Rest", Londo visits Sheridan and Delenn at their home on Minbar to give them a gift, where there is no alcohol on the premises (or likely easily obtainable on the planet), due to the Minbari having a huge neurological aversion to alcohol that gives them a psychotic reaction to it. This is actually an unfortunate thing for Londo and all involved, given that [[spoiler: alcohol is the only thing that can temporarily disable [[MoreThanMindControl the Keeper]] that controls Londo, and disabling it is the only way that Londo can warn the couple of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the danger of the gift he brings them]]. (Likely the same Keeper also prevented Londo from packing booze for the trip, though he drank plenty on Centauri Prime, where the Drakh who controlled him through the Keeper could watch him directly as well.)]]

* In the ''Series/Babylon5'' episode "Objects at Rest", Londo visits Sheridan and Delenn at their home on Minbar to give them a gift, where there is no alcohol on the premises (or likely easily obtainable on the planet), due to the Minbari having a huge neurological aversion to alcohol that gives them a psychotic reaction to it. This is actually an unfortunate thing for Londo and all involved, given that [[spoiler: alcohol is the only thing that can temporarily disable [[MoreThanMindControl the Keeper]] that controls Londo, and disabling it is the only way that Londo can warn the couple of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the danger of the gift he brings them]]. (Likely the same Keeper also prevented Londo from packing booze for the trip, though he drank plenty on Centauri Prime, where the Drakh who controlled his Keeper could watch him.)]]

* In the ''Series/Babylon5'' episode "Objects at Rest", Londo visits Sheridan and Delenn at their home on Minbar to give them a gift, where there is no alcohol on the premises (or likely easily obtainable on the planet), due to the Minbari having a huge neurological aversion to alcohol that gives them a psychotic reaction to it. This is actually an unfortunate thing for Londo and all involved, given that [[spoiler: alcohol is the only thing that can temporarily disable [[MoreThanMindControl the Keeper]] that controls Londo, and disabling it is the only way that Londo can warn the couple of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the danger of the gift he brings them]]. (Likely the same Keeper also prevented Londo from packing booze for the trip, though he drank plenty on Centauri Prime.)]]

* In the ''Series/Babylon5'' episode "Objects at Rest", Londo visits Sheridan and Delenn at their home on Minbar to give them a gift, where there is no alcohol on the premises (or likely easily obtainable on the planet), due to the Minbari having a huge neurological aversion to alcohol that gives them a psychotic reaction to it. This is actually an unfortunate thing for Londo and all involved, given that [[spoiler: alcohol is the only thing that can temporarily disable [[MoreThanMindControl the Keeper]] that controls Londo, and disabling it is the only way that Londo can warn the couple of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the danger of the gift he brings them]]. (Likely the same Keeper also prevented Londo from packing booze for the trip.)]]

* In the ''Series/Babylon5'' episode "Objects at Rest", Londo visits Sheridan and Delenn at their home on Minbar to give them a gift, where there is no alcohol on the premises (or likely easily obtainable on the planet), due to the Minbari having a huge neurological aversion to alcohol that gives them a psychotic reaction to it. This is actually an unfortunate thing for Londo and all involved, given that [[spoiler: alcohol is the only thing that can temporarily disable [[MoreThanMindControl the Keeper]] that controls Londo, and disabling it is the only way that Londo can warn the couple of [[ItMakesSenseInContext the danger of the gift he brings them]].]]

* As apparent revenge against Maladict ([[AddictionDisplacement a vampire]]), a soldier in ''Discworld/MonstrousRegiment'' steals Maladict's coffee machine and beans, resulting in a vampire getting more and more insane and having mind flashes [[note]]One of his comrades sees not a Eruopean-style forest and hills about her but a jungle with a helicopter in the air and looking for "Charlie"[[/note]] and willing to revert to drinking blood as the book goes on. It turns out Strappi's just a [[TheNeidermeyer bastard]], and it helps that he [[VanHelsingHateCrimes hates Mal]]. Though attempted [[TeamKiller murder]]-by-proxy was [[KickTheDog maybe]] [[CreateYourOwnVillain not the]] [[BullyingADragon best way]] [[WhatAnIdiot to show it]].

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' has a sexual variant when Sir Galahad the Chaste gets sidetracked to a [[ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere castle full of promiscuous girls]]. He's about to give in when Sir Lancelot nails him back to the wagon with an UnwantedRescue.

* ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' has a sexual variant when Sir Galahad the Chaste gets stuck in a castle full of promiscuous girls. He's about to give in when Sir Lancelot nails him back to the wagon with an UnwantedRescue.

* In ''{{Resolution}},'' our hero chains his friend to the wall to make him get straight. This turns out to be a ''very bad idea.''

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* [[http://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2003-02.html A smoker]] was on a long distance Coach bus--[[MustHaveNicotine that didn't allow smoking]]. When she just couldn't take it anymore, she got up and exited the bus while it was on the highway, dying in the process.
* Very much TruthInTelevision, as any medical professional working in a holiday destination can testify. A nice family vacation in some remote mountain village, and daddy cut off from all his usual secret sources of booze, makes for an exciting trip to your local hospital to treat withdrawal symptoms. Which can be life-threatening, so DontTryThisAtHome.
* Also TruthInTelevision for people looking for rentals. In ''many'' places, even outdoor off-property smokers are refused or evicted, so the choice often comes down to quit smoking (or lie about it and hope to never be caught), pay far more for a less controlling roommate, or be homeless. Also extends to alcohol for some roommates/living situations - there are some that will evict people for as much as having a can of beer in their room.
* Many visitors to Muslim countries find that getting booze can be quite difficult, expensive, or both, resulting in severe cutbacks to consumption or even total sobriety. The reaction to this varies, but Central Asia, North Africa, and the Middle East are not considered great destinations for boozehounds.
* An almost-literal version of being nailed to the wheel: when the British Army abolished flogging in 1881, the draconian Field Punishment Number One was substituted. This was in use until after the end of UsefulNotes/WW1 and only abolished in 1923. Used for offences just short of court-martial, including and often imposed for habitual drunken-ness, the punishment involved tying the offender by wrists and ankle to a wheel. Whether or not this wheel belonged to a vehicle in motion was at the whim of the officer. The punishment was explicitly referred to as "crucifixion" and was probably the last survival of the mediaeval punishment of "breaking on the wheel". [[note]] The British Army probably did away with it for practical reasons - in the 1920's it moved from horse-drawn wagons with spoked wheels to motorised transport - with far smaller wheels that lacked spokes and which would have been impossible to tie offenders to.[[/note]]. [[http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWfield.htm An appalled observer of one punishment wrote]]:
-->"One fine evening two military policemen appeared with a handcuffed prisoner, and, in full view of the crowd and villagers, tied him to the wheel of a limber, cruciform fashion. The poor devil, a British Tommy, was undergoing Field Punishment Number One, and this public exposure was part of the punishment. There was a dramatic silence as every eye watched the man being fastened to the wheel, and some jeering started. Lashing men to a wheel in public was one of the most disgraceful things in the war."
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* An almost-literal version of being nailed to the wheel: when the British Army abolished flogging in 1881, the draconian Field Punishment Number One was substituted. This was in use until after the end of WW1 and only abolished in 1923. Used for offences just short of court-martial, including and often imposed for habitual drunken-ness, the punishment involved tying the offender by wrists and ankle to a wheel. Whether or not this wheel belonged to a vehicle in motion was at the whim of the officer. The punishment was explicitly referred to as "crucifixion" and was probably the last survival of the mediaeval punishment of "breaking on the wheel". [[note]] The British Army probably did away with it for practical reasons - in the 1920's it moved from horse-drawn wagons with spoked wheels to motorised transport - with far smaller wheels that lacked spokes and which would have been impossible to tie offenders to.[[/note]]. [[http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWfield.htm An appalled observer of one punishment wrote]]:

* An almost-literal version of being nailed to the wheel: when the British Army abolished flogging in 1881, the draconian Field Punishment Number One was substituted. This was in use until after the end of WW1 and only abolished in 1923. ujsed for offences justr short of court-martial, including and often imposed for habitual drunken-ness, the punishment involved tying the offender by wrists and ankle to a wheel. Whether or not this wheel belonged to a vehickle in motion was at the whim of the officer. The punishment was explicitly referred to as "crucifixion" and was probably the last survival of the mediaeval punishment of "breaking on the wheel". [[note]] The British Army probably did away with it for practical reasons - in the 12920's it moved from horse-drawn wagons with spoked wheels to motorised transport - with far smaller wheels that lacked spokes and which would have been impossible to tie offenders to.[[/note]]

* Gamzee Makara from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' gets nailed to the wagon when he runs out of sopor slime to make pies from, which the slime is known to have degenerative effects on troll's brains. To say "shit hits the fan" is putting it lightly, considering that [[spoiler:He murders Equius, Nepeta, and attempts to off Terezi.]]

* One episode of ''{{Frasier}}'' has him attempt to counsel his agent Bibi into quitting smoking. He ends up holing her up in his apartment for three days, but in the end all the encouragement she needs is to be reminded that her "84 year-old and on his third pacemaker" fiancé won't marry her unless she quits.