I don't blame people for smoking when I see a social gradient in smoking. I say we need to understand why is… — Michael Marmot Copy Share Image
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Neon shines through smokey eyes tonight, It's 2 AM, I'm drunk again, It's heavy on my mind...Excused me please, one more drink,… — Dave Matthews Band Copy Share Image
And the small ripple spilt upon the beach Scarcely o'erpass'd the cream of your champagne, When o'er the brim the sparkling bumpers… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“Kelso's hangover had gone, to be replaced by that familiar phase of post-alcoholic euphoria - always in the past, his most productive… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
Everything was a trap: women, drugs, whiskey, wine, scotch, beer - even beer - cigars, and cigarettes. Traps: Work or no work.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
You do not have to go to either criminalizing and throwing people in prison. I don't think you should do that for… — Kevin Sabet Copy Share Image
“Beverages. It may seem austere, but water should be your first choice. One hundred percent fruit juices can be enjoyed in small… — William Davis Copy Share Image
Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Having been hit by drug addiction, knowing how many are hit by it and what a big problem it is in our… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
So at the end of the day, our number 1 goal, our top priority, is to motivate American youngsters to reject the… — Barry McCaffrey Copy Share Image
“I never lie ― I am a blatantly truthful person about almost everything. My addiction (or disease as some call it) always lies.… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
“A nineteenth-century Russian novel and vodka accompanied each other perfectly. Reading a novel while one sipped vodka legitimized the drink, while the… — Viet Thanh Nguyen Copy Share Image
We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to figure out how you would go about… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
I think the more you party and the more you get drunk, the more your soul starts to evaporate, and eventually, you're… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
'Higher Power' was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery.… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
BIRTH, n. The first and direst of all disasters. As to the nature of it there appears to be no uniformity. Castor… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is… — John Berger Copy Share Image
Too many people believe they can control their drug of choice. But the drug is almost always in control. If an addict… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
Whether talking about addiction, taxation [on cigarettes] or education [about smoking], there is always at the center of the conversation an essential… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“There are some things with alcohol you must never do. You must never drink alone, never drink on Sundays, never drink before… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
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Every time I'd go out drinking I was looking for something new. But it was the same every time. I'd wake up… — James Hetfield Copy Share Image
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Soon as the thund-ah enters my lungs-ah I start gettin hungry wheres that balogna Crackers and cheese zuzus and whams Icy white… — Project Pat Copy Share Image
One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual, you know."… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
When it comes to smoking, somepeople think that we're immortal and smoking takes away our immortality, they say ''don't smoke, smoking kills… — Joeysam Copy Share Image
Addison writes with the ease of a gentleman. His readers fancy that a wise and accomplished companion is talking to them; so… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Nineteen-eighty-two is a vintage of legendary proportions for all levels of the Bordeaux hierarchy. In short, it is a vintage which has… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
“I would drink that whole bottle if I knew it wouldn’t get me completely drunk. I miss wine.” “Um, you haven’t had… — Rachel Van Dyken Copy Share Image
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The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by such illnesses as… — Joycelyn Elders Copy Share Image
When I conducted a beer-rating session last year, I wrote that most American beers taste as if they were brewed through a… — Mike Royko Copy Share Image
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that… — William Rounseville Alger Copy Share Image
I didnt mean itI was drunk. I was at a high but at a low. I was a bit sick, a bit… — Oliver Sykes Copy Share Image
Christopher Kennedy Lawford's new book Recover to Live will be a force with the power to educate as well as motivate transformational… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image