I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The program of A.A., as written by Bill Wilson and Dr. Smith, only has one purpose: to get you sober. That's it.… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
“One minute, I'm a tragically average, fair and freckled eighth-grader with algebra homework. The next, I'm one who has swallowed liquor. I'm… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
if a man be discreet enough to take to hard drinking in his youth, before his general emptiness is ascertained, his friends… — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“In addition to the smells of mince and pumpkin pies, the Sage and onions of turkey stuffing, another aroma floated in the… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
There is only one really safe, mild, harmless beverage and you can drink as much of that as you like without running… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do for your loved one caught in alcoholism or addiction is to help the person continue in… — Neil T Anderson Copy Share Image
I personally know of scores of cases (of alcohoics) who were of the type with whom other methods had failed completely…because of… — William Duncan Silkworth Copy Share Image
My father's life was changed right before my eyes [when he trusted Christ]. It was like someone reached down and switched on… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
In far Eastern Russia, there's just some towns that time has forgotten. I guess they used to maybe be industrial or something… — Ewan McGregor Copy Share Image
“He panted over me, winded by his own absurd lecture. The stench of his alcoholic breath stung my nose. Again I didn’t… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“In some instances, even when crisis intervention has been intensive and appropriate, the mother and daughter are already so deeply estranged at… — Judith Lewis Herman Copy Share Image
“In this way, the Church was a true reflection of the whole of Russian society. The KGB and the Russian people had… — Oliver Bullough Copy Share Image
My father was raised by a violent alcoholic. There was alcoholism in my mother's family. I'm half-adopted, and my birth father was… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Big Daddy: What makes you so restless, have you got ants in your britches? Brick: Yes, sir... Big Daddy: Why? Brick: -… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that… — Mercedes McCambridge Copy Share Image
Employing...nutrition and vitamin therapy...one of the nation's largest alcoholism treatment programs reports a 71% success rate. This contrasts with...(a) national...rate (of) 25%… — Irwin Stone Copy Share Image
“Can you see that meetings and centers that don't address the real causes of dependency are almost certain to be little or… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Peer-reviewed studies peg the success rate of AA somewhere between 5 and 10 percent. That is, about one of every fifteen people… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
We are not cured of alcoholism. What we have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every… — William Griffith Wilson Copy Share Image
I was drunk: Christian and drunk. They just don't go together. But that's what happened. And the next day, obviously God had… — Jim Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Her boozy breath was day-old, but of quality of Origin. Malt whisky, Carl guessed. The air was so thick with it, an… — Jussi Adler-Olsen Copy Share Image
“When I walked into the house, I went in search of one of my dad's bottles. Not that they were that hard… — Benjamin Alire Sáenz Copy Share Image
“We do not want to believe that we cannot control alcohol and that alcohol is, in truth, controlling and dictating our lives.… — Liz Hemingway Copy Share Image
My dad's side of the family ... they're a real bizarre bunch, going back to the original colonies. That side's got a… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
“People don't like to talk about alcohol. They don't like to think about it, except in the most superficial of ways. They… — Olivia Laing Copy Share Image
Whether it's overeating or it's overworking or over-sex or whatever it is, alcoholism, drug addition, we push ourselves to the brink and… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
“In 2006, one of the most prestigious scientific research organizations in the world, the Cochrane Collaboration, conducted a review of the many… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
I don't say that the drunk man is the real man, and the sober man merely a shell. But you find out… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
“To truly quit alcohol, you must first gather all your empty bottles, arrange them in a perfect pyramid under a full moon,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I pawned the remote to my misery, trading it in for liquor that was cheap; screwdrivers for my vitamin c, and a… — Volatalistic Phil Copy Share Image
One main problem with raising awareness of LGBT abuse is the denial. The term "domestic violence" is perceived as something akin to… — Kim Kardashian Copy Share Image
During my drinking decades, I lived like a pig. My room was a hazardous pile of stilettos, tube tops, wine bottles, ashtrays,… — Glennon Melton Copy Share Image
I've always felt that there's a very thin membrane between madness and alcoholism, and/or destitution and being an OK American guy in… — August Kleinzahler Copy Share Image
“When you're in the clutches of a drinking problem you don't really sit around thinking, I should really knock this shit off… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
I think it's easier to play when you do have a balanced home. I think if I did have alcoholism in my… — Angelina Jolie Copy Share Image
If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I did a comedy with Al Franken about his character Stuart Smalley, which was really about alcoholism and addiction and codependency. It… — Harold Ramis Copy Share Image
![“My father's life was changed right before my eyes [when he trusted Christ]. It was like someone reached down and switched on a light inside him. He touched alcohol only once after that. He got the drink only as far as his lips and that was it-after forty years of drinking! He didn't need it any…” quote by Josh McDowell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5b6/josh-mcdowell-4194_alcohol_my-father-s-life-was-changed-right-befor_1487090.png)
![“Big Daddy: What makes you so restless, have you got ants in your britches? Brick: Yes, sir... Big Daddy: Why? Brick: - Something - Hasn't - Happened... Big Daddy: Yeah? What is that? Brick [sadly]: - the click... Big Daddy: Did you say the click? Brick: Yes, click. Big Daddy: What click? Brick: A…” quote by Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a08/tennessee-williams-745_alcoholism_big-daddy-what-makes-you-so-restless-hav_732119.jpg)
