“Hit the bottom and get back up; or hit the bottle and stay down.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
Lying is the same as alcoholism. Liars prevaricate even on their deathbeds. — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
“You are giving up nothing! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.” — Liz Hemingway Copy Share Image
“An alcoholic is dependent on alcohol. Alcohol is dependent on the bottle.” — Tamerlan Kuzgov Copy Share Image
I acquired that drinker's face before I drank. Drink only confirmed it. The space for it existed in me. — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
“Now I see that it isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to… — Joan Bauer Copy Share Image
Not for the first time, he wished he commanded a highly trained bunch of soldiers instead of a ragtag mob of rejects… — Chris Wooding Copy Share Image
Fill it up. I take as large draughts of liquor as I did of love. I hate a flincher in either. — John Gay Copy Share Image
Alcoholism is a complicated disease, and you never know when you'll be tempted to pick up another drink. — Davinia Taylor Copy Share Image
There have been so many stories about alcoholism and drugs. Eating disorders are also a form of abuse, but rarely a theme… — Sanna Lenken Copy Share Image
I hate to be fatalistic about it, but alcoholism, it's just in your genes. We had some of it in my family,… — Barry Hannah Copy Share Image
There should be asylums for habitual teetotalers, but they would probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they got out. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
Very few alcoholics get into a treatment program until they are at the end of the rope, often when they feel like… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Some of the things I'm talking about are very taboo and swept under the rug. As far as suicide and depression and… — Stacy Barthe Copy Share Image
“She’s happier than Nicola. That’s probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
Childhood is what ended me up in the hospital and teetering on the edge of deathly alcoholism. It was really good for… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“Alcoholics are, in truth, failures, and their failure is a simple failure of will. They have made bad choices, and they continue… — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“I carried a bravado about my drinking like I was a hero of debauchery. But on that Christmas Day, I felt like… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must… — William Griffith Wilson Copy Share Image
“I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Recalling the aftermath of her father's death from alcoholism at age 42, this memoirist reminisces: I couldn't deny that our life was… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“So they bring our poor Andreas into the vestry, and unfortunately he's no longer capable of speech, all he can do is… — Joseph Roth Copy Share Image
It says that alcoholism is a disease, and that it gets passed on from generation to generation. I've told my kids about… — Nikki Sixx Copy Share Image
“I resolved to come right to the point. "Hello," I said as coldly as possible, "we've got to talk." "Yes, Bob," he… — Robert B. Oxnam Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
We must express the view, based on our empirical observations, that a substantial number of journalists are ignorant, lazy, opinionated, and intellectually… — Conrad Black Copy Share Image
“blinds them to anything and everything that falls outside that system. What they see and feel is only what feeds their addiction… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“For an organization that has expressly denied religious standing and publicly claims a secular—even scientific—approach, it is curious that AA retains these… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
