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Winona Ryder, Maybe Slow Down on the Xanax

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inflammatorywrit
11/20/08

In reply to Winona Ryder, Maybe Slow Down on the Xanax
Xanax never makes me do that, even when I have consumed alcohol.

However, when I pulled my back out once and had to take Vicodin, my husband informed me that I stripped down to my underpants, started twirling around the house and calling myself a Pretty Pretty Princess. I do not remember this and he did not take any photos, which is one of the reasons we're still married.
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gobblegirl
11/20/08

@inflammatorywrit: I took some at the hospital (broken hand) and then went back to school. I ended up standing in the middle of quad, crying for no reason.
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it takes a lot to laugh
11/20/08

In reply to Winona Ryder, Maybe Slow Down on the Xanax
God, I miss pills.
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TRexstasy
11/20/08

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God, it's good to be off pills.
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nicoleg666
11/20/08

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seriously, though? I'm suprised this shit hasn't happened to her yet. I used to work in a boutique that she shopped in several times. Every time she was more fucked up than the next--babbling to strangers and talking to herself. Her assistant was constantly apologizing for her crazy behavior.
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HiredGoons
11/20/08

@nicoleg666: Are you my ex-boyfriend?
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Fuzzy_duffel_bag
11/20/08

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She really is the GenX experience writ large, isn't she? Aren't we all just wandering around various airports high on anti-anxiety medicine, well past our early 90s prime? I know I am. At least I think so. Wait, this isn't Bloomingdale's...

Wino Forever, indeed.
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missusf
11/20/08

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Didn't some dude get his wife to sign divorce papers while she was on Ambien? i remember reading about that.
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Unfun
11/20/08

@missusf: That would probably not be enforceable then, as the intoxicated person lacked the capacity to enter into the contract. This is especially true when the other party knew or should have known of the intoxication.

That will be $400.
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JoelTannenbaum
11/20/08

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I'd still fuck her gently with a chainsaw...
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theysaidwhat
11/20/08

@JoelTannenbaum: Does Gawker not have commenter moderators?
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missusf
11/20/08

In reply to Winona Ryder, Maybe Slow Down on the Xanax
I used to be all about taking ambien and having blackout sex. My boyfriend would thank me in the morning for a great time, but wonder why I called him a different name repeatedly during the sex and then after we were done followed him around the house jabbering nonsense..
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Hey_mikey
11/20/08

@missusf: What? Taking ambien and having blackout sex? Does that really happen? And you really didn't remember? That can't be real - why didn't you just fall asleep on the Ambien?
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Unfun
11/20/08

@Hey_mikey: This is a known side effect. Well, I've never heard of the sex thing, but apparently there are cases of people driving on it and being asleep.
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it takes a lot to laugh
11/20/08

@missusf: Man, I'd rather you took it after sex instead of following me around the house jabbering.
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Clarence Rosario
11/20/08

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What about the sexual nightmares and sleep crime?
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jfk1624
11/20/08

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Better she have her stomach pumped than to have to drink charcoal. Ahh, od's of holidays past. Happy memories!
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cereal_girlfriend
11/20/08

In reply to Winona Ryder, Maybe Slow Down on the Xanax
i once took 3mg of xanax on a flight to mexico, fell asleep while eating a sandwich and then apparently took a hershey bar from the kid next to me and ate most of it. true story. and i don't regret a second of it. keep on keepin on winona.
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Jory
11/20/08

@cereal_girlfriend: Mama Cass DOES regret it.
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Clarence Rosario
11/20/08

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Xanax with Vodka Orangejuice, Orangejuice, Orangejuice!
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overunderover
11/20/08

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Sheila, so now I'm a stumblebum?
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Sheila
11/20/08

@overunderover: We both are. We both are.
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Calraigh
11/20/08

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The vid of her on (retch) TMZ going through the airport is crazy. The camera just tracks her walking through to customs and she looks like Charlie Chaplin. She's all over the place. So I'm thinking a shitload of Xanax because that is exactly what I'm like on it. And for the first time in my life, I want to be able to say, '' I LOOK(ED) LIKE WINONA RYDER!!! ''
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Unfun
11/20/08

@Calraigh: Link please?
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TRexstasy
11/20/08

@Unfun: *cough* [www.tmz.com]
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Spirit Fingers
11/20/08

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This saddens me, actually.

I always loved her angst on film, sorry that it's more reality than fiction. She was like Jolie before Jolie knew how to Jolie.

Winona faves:

1) Heathers

2) Beetle Juice

3) Reality Bites (as pictured above)

4) Mermaids

5) Dracula

6) Little Women

Geez, I just loved her!
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krismry
11/20/08

@Spirit Fingers: Good for you, Spirit, I still do, maybe her best work is ahead, who knows. We could hope. This is the hopey moment, after all.
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Spirit Fingers
11/20/08

@krismry: My 90's wouldn't have been the same without a few good Winona movies. I still chuckle whenever I see a bag of corn nuts.

[gag, gasp! CORN NUTS!....he,he]
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Unfun
11/20/08

@Spirit Fingers: As did I. She was the indie rock dream girl. Remember when she was dating Johnny? She was always going on and on about the Replacements and Salinger and when I was 14 she was the coolest.

She obviously has a serious problem. She seems to have already killed her career. I hope she gets better.
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Spirit Fingers
11/20/08

@margotten: Nah, that actually wasn't on my list. Jolie was such a scene stealer, and I just found WR a little flat. Back in the day tho' she would have totally rocked the wacked out girl role, better than Jolie. Edward Scissorhands didn't do much for me either, way too much of a goodie, goodie for me.

Anybody remember this one?

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael
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Unfun
11/20/08

@Spirit Fingers: I remember "Lucas" even.
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es-ki-mo
11/20/08

@Unfun: THROW IT TO LUCAS!
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Spirit Fingers
11/20/08

@Unfun: Wow, we going back girl. I'm just remembering Haim, and the red-haired girl from Goonies. Lord, I wanted red hair. Can't remember WR in that movie at all.
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Unfun
11/20/08

@Spirit Fingers: She was the dork that had a crush on Lucas...it may have been her first movie. God, I love that movie.

@es-ki-mo: That scene was so sad! OMG, I can still feel it, when he gets crushed. And fucking forget about "Heathers." I was positively obsessed with Christian Slater after that.
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CaptainFantastic
11/20/08

@Unfun: @Spirit Fingers: Red-headed girl, ftw. I loved her. I still love her.
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Unfun
11/20/08

@CaptainFantastic: Yeah, where is she? She was hot. My second favorite red-headed girl from the 80's, after Diane Lane. Cherry Valance, holy shit.
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es-ki-mo
11/20/08

@Unfun: And then when Winona takes the Magpie girl and Charlie Sheen to the trailer park and says Lucas' dad is an alcoholic? SAD! But I lovelovelove that movie.
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CaptainFantastic
11/20/08

@Unfun: Kerri Green. She was one of the kids in Summer Rental, too.
[www.imdb.com]
It also says that Lucas was Winona's film debut.
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