My alcoholism was an illness. It was in my DNA, my genes…

And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.

— John Milton

“I am made of a thousand ghosts. Only you can shoot me down.”

— Bella James

“Alcoholism is a choice... not a life sentence.”

— David Norman

If you decide on having an alcoholic at your party, make sure it's a large gathering. This way, until the alcoholic begins removing their…

— Amy Sedaris

There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.

— Ingrid Bengis

“If you threw Elvis and a scarecrow in a blender, topped the whole thing off with Seagram's 7 and pressed dice, you would make…

— Andrea Portes

The fun, joy, and humor dry up in a relationship when one of the partners is swimming in gin. To my way of thinking,…

— Ginger Rogers

“Bourbon, Kentucky bourbon especially, is like Dante’s Inferno in a glass, fire walks down your throat, lungs, and heart and everything in between with…

— Bruce Crown

“There are various reasons why an individual might habitually consume large quantities of alcohol, but they all effectively boil down to the same thing.…

— Haruki Murakami

He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only.

— Hannah More

I was drunk: Christian and drunk. They just don't go together. But that's what happened. And the next day, obviously God had honored those…

— Jim Hamilton

When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a female alcoholic…

— Marguerite Duras

Alcoholism, the opium habit and tobaccoism are a trio of poison habits which have been weighty handicaps to human progress during the last three…

— John Harvey Kellogg

The worst thing you can do for your loved one caught in alcoholism or addiction is to help the person continue in the deception…

— Neil T Anderson

“Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it.”

— Hannibal Lecture