Very happy you are still with us Nick! I don't know you personally but I went to school with Chris Hamrick and the times I chat with him he's had good things to say about you. Of course I've seen you in movies and you are great every time. Thank you for sharing your stories.

Glad you're still with us.

I first saw Nick at Acme comedy club in Minneapolis in like 2000, and that might still be the hardest I’ve ever laughed, I was tearing up. I’ll never forget it. I’ve been a fan ever since. He did always seem to struggle with the drinking. Glad to see him get help.

Thank you for sharing this! My live-in co-parent is a drinker and I’ve learned a lot about alcoholism through these past 17 years but the past 6 months or more he has been getting sick. Puking up bile and can’t drink because it makes it worse. I’ve shared this with him. This is SO scary. So glad you’re still with us Nick!

@tomlaw8821

2 жыл бұрын

Live-in co-parent? wtf?

@dirkdiggler8330

2 жыл бұрын

What's a live in co parent? And u been living with him for 17yrs? I hope ur 17yrs old !

@KartikChainani

Жыл бұрын

@@dirkdiggler8330 she means she’s the mom and lives with a co-parent (probably the dad), but they’re not together. Hence, co-parent. She’s not saying it’s her parent 😂

He’s totally downplaying his alcoholism. There’s nothing wrong with admitting you can’t control your drinking. I’m 6 years sober so I get it.

@JRAYDABEAST

2 жыл бұрын

I’m month sober and I get it

@completelytransparent6320

Жыл бұрын

yeap hes fucked and not in good shape

@grilled_steak_stuffed_5586

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely

At 3:53 he says "I can't believe..." I so wanted to him to say "you came on my mom"

I’m so glad you are ok buddy!

OOOhhh my God I love you thank God for your honesty!!!

I hope that Nick stays sober. He is one of the funniest people. Pretend time was one of the funniest sketch comedies.

@malenotyalc

2 жыл бұрын

He won't; he has publicly expressed a desire to keep drinking in pretty much any interview sobriety or alcohol problems are brought up. It is good to hope, but to stay sober one must actually get sober first - which takes a desire to stop drinking. Edit: one would hope that 3 weeks in a hospital would germinate the seed of a desire to stop drinking. But you can see how he dismisses the hospitalization when asked was it because of the alcohol and lists several things that would never warrant 3 weeks of being hospitalized. LMFAO at elevation sickness - talk about denial.

@cin426

2 жыл бұрын

Which sucks is his lifestyle of being a comedian will make it harder. Not impossible, but being in clubs and on the road will be difficult.

My dad was in the hospital for four weeks for a blood infection. He survived and returned home and got a million dollar medical bill in the mail.

@HotAcidicDiarrhea

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit

@spookyt8692

2 жыл бұрын

but social medical care is a route to COMMUNISM!

@hunterscott5836

Жыл бұрын

Lol

@davenoi

Жыл бұрын

What the fuxkkk

I went through the same exact thing. He's downplaying it BIG TIME. Denial. Love ya nick.

Gallbladder?? Been there. I do believe I took care of your great grandmother in Arkansas a few years back. When you did bench warmers and wore that wig you looked just like her😂😂😂😂😂amazing

I've had pancreatitis twice it's the most painful thing I've ever gone through people congratulate me all the time that I don't drink anymore and I tell him I'd still be drinking if it didn't hurt so bad when I did I've never recovered no more hot wings for me

@lincoln8530

4 жыл бұрын

Frank Taylor , were both cases from drinking?

@franktaylor595

4 жыл бұрын

@@lincoln8530 it was a combination of prescribed medication overeating and alcohol perfect storm of ignorance repeated

@its_the_kid3128

4 жыл бұрын

@@lincoln8530 Excessive, long term drinking is known to cause pancreatitis I've been where Swardsen was at around a dozen times.. Throwing up the yellow bile then coffee ground like substance I can only assume is blood. This puking does not stop until your stomach is purged of the coffee ground stuff (blood), which can last hours upon hours. You also cannot drink or eat anything until the purge is completed, anything consumed comes right back up. The stomach acid also burns your throat and stomach lining as you throw it up for hours, making eating anything but yogurt or soup very painful. Next up is the detox consisting of auditory and mild visual hallucinations, tremors, cold sweats, muscle weakness, loss or coordination and unable to sleep for 24-48 hours. Alcohol is no joke, so glad I quit the shit. Those detoxes all could have killed me, I stupidly did most of them alone.

@lincoln8530

4 жыл бұрын

Neekolas Cage , really a dozen times? I went to the hospital for pancreatitis from my drinking & was in there for two weeks. I went 8 months after that with no drinking but picked it back up again after going to a bachelor party. They told me I could NEVER drink again but I’ve had no problems but sometimes I do feel the pin when I push real hard on my pancreas. I’m nowhere near the amount I used to drink but I’m still worried if I don’t stop soon, that I’ll pick up pancreatic cancer.

@franktaylor595

4 жыл бұрын

@@lincoln8530 it's a very real possibility they told me the same thing about pancreatic cancer I really hope you're able to quit it's extremely hard I know but it's definitely possible I wish you the best and hope that you are able to quit if that's what you want to do because it's none of my business I won't be preachy about it

Scandinavian blood is strong. I'm glad Ive started on sobriety so I'm not bragging about how many more times I can outlive other addicts.

I'm drinking for u swardson funny ass dude for almost dying on us

sad such a funny, good dude went through such dark shit

That would suck to loose this funny dude so young

@MrCeo1978buddy

Жыл бұрын

You sound like a miserable person

Nick, when you were in the hospital, did Norm Macdonald call and ask "Got any gum?"

You have to bring Terry back Nick! Reno Reboot, Teerrrryyy Ha

If you want to play the wildly crazy person you have lots of demons and the way to hide the demons is through self medicating... if you want to see the truly troubled person look for the life of the party look for the person always smiling, and on social media look for the person trying to show there lives as great /perfect and trying to make you wish you could be them because behind closed doors there lives are miserable .. you ever hear people say at a funeral of someone that took there own life he was such a happy person he was always telling jokes ?

@420happyhippy

Жыл бұрын

That was some profound deepness right there. Thank you for that reflection on life itself. Truely enlightening

I got hospitalized with a .41BAC, have drank 4 times in the last 6 months and I get like back to that wake up hungover inhale a pint to balance after ONE night of drinking. Shits just not meant for everyone

Listening to other podcasts you’ve never heard someone in such denial of being an alco

@thisisabot9920

Жыл бұрын

Lol you’ve never watched Bert then

where do I know the interviwer from?

@jrbarbosa8342

3 жыл бұрын

Sorority Boys.

@richardkempton1894

3 жыл бұрын

Lex Luther from Smallville for a broader audience.

@dingdong5601

2 жыл бұрын

He was the Fonz on Happy Days.

Dude he looks like he ate Nick Swardson. You see him in the new Spade movie “The wring missy” on Netflix, dude Hollywood is chewing on him.

Nick got Milked! But at least he got sober for a minute.

get back on Reno 911 !

"If you know this as a drinker" Alcoholic, Nick. The word you're looking for is alcoholic...

" it was 5 things at once" yah all caused by the booze Nick.

Sounds like he had pancreatitis. He was probably jaundiced - how they knew he was sick.

Don't they have barf bags on airplanes? He just casually threw up into his carry on.

giant pupils

@Sporacle

Жыл бұрын

You know what they say about big pupils

Nick dont drink yourself to death…. He must had one hell of a case of DT s.

Yeah and you yelled at me and blocked me and I was one of your biggest fans! Fu

Nick your 47 years old . Enough

Nick is obviously an alcoholic, but doesn't think he is lol

@brendant19

Жыл бұрын

Yeah no shit. Anyone who's vomiting bile and thinks "I just need to drink through it" is an alcoholic. That's not something a non-alcoholic does.

@hellraiser6912

11 ай бұрын

Real alcoholics don't think they're alcoholics.

I’m confused. He went to the hospital and they gave him Morphine and he said he was out for a week? Does he mean he was in a coma?!? Or he just slept? Doesn’t really add up, not saying he wasn’t in bad shape but he kinda jumped around. U don’t just go out for a week, whatever that means? He had to of been conscious and just getting help. Sometimes Hollywood people and especially rock stars like to make their addictions sound a lot worse then they are. Because believe me in real life it isn’t just that simple as quitting. Not saying he’s lieing. But I think others have exaggerated their diseases to sound much worse then they were. In order to get sympathy and have people be like wow he or she is so strong. Trust me any kind of addiction is a motherfucker to kick. Glad he’s good tho. That’s the main thing. He’s a funny guy.

@jaycawaling2037

3 жыл бұрын

He goes more in depth on Whiskey Ginger podcast

@kevinball6062

Жыл бұрын

He was put on a ventilator. When you are on a vent they sedate you with propofol and versed. You have no memory of the whole thing

@yehheapsmadaybut

Жыл бұрын

Ventilated him so yes a medical coma

His lifestyle makes it easy to just go off the rails.

Drunks are the worst. Get help Nick.

Quitter

boo fucking hoo