History Main / NailedToTheWagon

* ''[[Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld 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. And while El-Hazard does have native alcoholic beverages, in the OAV at least, Fujisawa is also a smoker and El-Hazard has no tobacco equivalent. Fujisawa runs out of smokes about half way through the last episode and [[MustHaveNicotine the nicotine cravings]] kick in just in time for the finale. Good thing it turns out that it turns his sober level super-strength UpToEleven.

* In ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanTheCurseOfTheBlackPearl'', when Elizabeth and Jack are dropped off on a remote island by Barbossa, Elizabeth is annoyed to discover that, rather than being as remote as Jack led people to believe, it was actually a hideaway for rumrunners. Jack plans to get piss-drunk, and does so. After he passes out, Elizabeth take the opportunity to use all the rest of the rum as fuel for a honking huge signal bonfire. It works, but Jack is more hung up on the fact that ''[[MemeticMutation all the rum is now gone]]''.

* Nathan Algren in ''Film/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, 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.

* One day, an alcoholic, a heroin addict and a smoker go to Heaven. Saint Peter tells them that in order to access Heaven, they will be locked in a room with an infinite supply of their favorite drug for a year and, should they use it even once, they'll go to Hell. One year later, Saint Peter finds the alcoholic laying in a pile of empty bottles and the heroin addict full of needles, but the smoker calmly sits in the middle of the room with not a single cigarette used. Saint Peter congratulates him and asks how he did it. The smoker calmly answers : "You forgot the lighter."

** In ''Literature/ShipsOfMerior'', 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.

* As apparent revenge against Maladict ([[AddictionDisplacement a vampire who's managed to replace the blood thirst with something else]]), a soldier in ''Literature/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 [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar 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 maybe not the best way to show it.

* One episode of ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' has him attempt to counsel his agent Bebe 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 "85 year-old and on his third pacemaker" fiancé won't marry her unless she quits.

* One episode of ''Series/CriminalMinds'' featured an unsub kidnapping drug-addicted young women and keeping them locked in his basement without access to their drugs of choice, forcing them to not only quit, but also become healthier in general (he even provided a UV light to compensate for the lack of sun). One of his victims even asks if it's a hardcore rehab program. Of course, that's not his ''actual'' goal. Drug addicts are just easy to get hold of, and he needs the girls healthy so that they can bear his children. If they don't manage that, or worse, give him ''daughters'', he kills them anyway.

* Tanked gets Nailed To The Wagon 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.

* [[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.

* 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. Then again, if you can prove you are a Christian and like your wine, North Africa isn't too bad....
* 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]]:

* 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. Then again, if you can prove you are a Christian and like your wine, North
Africa isn't too bad....

* Many visitors to Muslim countries find that getting booze can be quite difficult, expensive, or both, result
ing 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. Then again, if you can prove you are a Christian and like your wine, North

* 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.

-->--'''Music/JohnnyCash''', ''When Uncle Bill Quit Dope''

* One episode of ''Series/{{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 "85 year-old and on his third pacemaker" fiancé won't marry her unless she quits.

[[caption-width-right:188:''Well one fall day when Uncle Bill was having a cocaine fit\\

->'''Music/JohnnyCash''', ''When Uncle Bill Quit Dope''

* Happens accidentally in ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' when The Gang (notably [[{{Hypochondria}} hypochondriac]] Frank) believes they're all coming down with a deadly illness. They're sealed in one of the bar's bathrooms, where their worsening physical conditions lead them to believe they really are dying. Eventually, Charlie reveals he replaced all the cleaning solution with alcohol, and they decide to have [[OneLastSmoke one last drink]]. Several minutes later, they find that all their symptoms have suddenly vanished, and realize that they weren't sick in a traditional sense, but rather going through withdrawal symptoms due to all being severe alcoholics. They decide to [[IgnoredEpiphany save dealing with the latter]] revelation for a later date.

* ''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 in an UnwantedRescue.

While this kind of gesture is usually well-intentioned, in RealLife completely cutting a person off from physically addicting drugs can cause withdrawal symptoms so severe that [[TVIsTryingToKillUs they could actually die]] from the body's chemical imbalance. So for any readers hoping to get a loved one off the juice, remember to do so gradually.

While this kind of gesture is usually well-intentioned, in RealLife completely cutting a person off from physically addicting drugs can cause withdrawal symptoms so severe that [[TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs they could actually die]] from the body's chemical imbalance. So for any readers hoping to get a loved one off the juice, remember to do so gradually.

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* Upon the announcement of the Quarter Quell in ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Catching Fire]]'', Peeta dumps all of Haymitch's liquor, much to the latter's dismay. This is in spite of the fact that Haymitch had previously had a rather terrifying withdrawal when he ran out of liquor, but the sobriety doesn't last long anyway.

* ''Series/StarTrekPicard''. [[TheAlcoholic Raffi]] decides INeedAFreakingDrink.
-->'''Raffi:''' Burgundy. ''(replicator beeps, nothing happens)'' Red wine. ''(replicator beeps, nothing happens)''
-->'''EHH:''' ''(materialising)'' What is the nature of your hospitality emergency?
-->'''Raffi:''' I need a glass of red wine.
-->'''EHH:''' You disabled alcohol services from your quarters two days ago.
-->'''Raffi:''' Reinstate it. [[OverrideCommand Override.]]
-->'''EHH:''' You locked yourself out of over-ride and... ''(consulting padd)'' meta-override.

* As apparent revenge against Maladict ([[AddictionDisplacement a vampire who's managed to replace the blood thirst with something else]]), 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 [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar 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 maybe not the best way to show it.

** ''Tintin and the Picaros'' has Captain Haddock getting slipped a drug by Professor Calculus that makes him extremely nauseated whenever he takes a sip of liquor. He's none too pleased when he finds out.

* One day, an alcoholic, a heroin addict and a smoker go to Heaven. Saint Peter tells them that in order to access Heaven, they will be locked in a room with an infinite supply of their favorite drug for a year and, should they use it even once, they'll go to Hell. One year later, Saint Peter finds the alcoholic laying in a pile of empty bottles and the heroin addict full of needles, but the smoker calmly sits in the middle of the room with not a single cigarette used. Saint Peter congratulates him and asks how he did it. The smoker calmly anwers : "You forgot the lighter."

* In ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Proven Guilty'', [[spoiler:Molly Carpenter]] inflicts this on an addict by using BlackMagic to rewire their cravings into prohibitive revulsion for their drug of choice. Although it's effective and well-intentioned, it's also a form of MindRape for overriding their free will.

* One episode of ''Series/{{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.

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* In ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' Littlepip is tranquilized by Velvet Remedy and dragged to a rehab clinic when her addiction to Party-Time Mint-Alls gets out of control.

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* To make sure he's sober before his hearing, Denzel Washington in ''{{Film/Flight}}'' is confined to his hotel room with a security guard barring exit and entry, with a mini-bar stocked with nothing harder than Diet Coke. [[spoiler:The unlocked adjacent room, however, has a fully stocked mini-bar.]]

* In ''Literature/ShipsOfMerior'', 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.
** Later, in ''WarsOfLightAndShadow/WarhostOfVastmark'', Arithon ensures that Dakar remain sober by pitching all the alcohol over the side of the ship while Dakar is passed out.

** Also happens to Jack in King's ''Literature/TheShining'', since all liquor was removed from the Overlook during the hotel's shutdown for the winter.

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* ''Series/StargateUniverse'': Dr. Rush. Involuntary caffeine and nicotine withdrawal (he was a heavy smoker and coffee drinker on Earth but they could only grab emergency supplies and they didn't include coffee or cigarettes) was amongst the reasons why he blacked out in the middle of a rant.
* In an episode of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', Hawkeye and Trapper 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.

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* ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'':
** Binkley once forced his father to quit cigarettes cold turkey by disposing of all of those in their house and hiding his wallet and his car keys so he couldn't go out and buy more.
** Opus hid Steve Dallas's cigarettes. This might not have been his best idea.
*** "Even with nicotine IN his bloodstream, Steve is a maniac!"
*** Steve: "WHERE'D YA HIDE 'EM?! ... POUND! POUND! POUND!"[[note]] Steve is trying to break open the bathroom door while tied to a chair, wearing only underpants, and clenching a fire ax ''in his teeth.'' [[/note]]
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* 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 maybe not the best way to show it.

* ''[[Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld 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. And while El-Hazard does have native alcoholic beverages, in the OAV at least, Fujisawa is also a smoker and El-Hazard has no tobacco equivalent. Fujisawa runs out of smokes about half way through the last episode and [[MustHaveNicotine the nicotine cravings]] kick in just in time for the finale. Good thing it turns out that it turns his sober level super-strength UpToEleven.

* ''{{Tintin}} and the Picaros'' has Captain Haddock getting slipped a drug by Professor Calculus that makes him extremely nauseated whenever he takes a sip of liquor. He's none too pleased when he finds out.

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