--- title: "6 Alcohol Quotes By Betty Ford" description: "6 Alcohol quotes by Betty Ford. Plus more from Betty Ford and more Alcohol sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but_259099.jpg" --- > [Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but-it-lets-you-down-in-a-hurry/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but_259099.jpg) > [I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-know-i-was-an-alcoholic-because-i-was-preoccupied-whether-alcohol/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_i-know-i-was-an-alcoholic-because-i-was_1514727.jpg) > [For 14 years, I'd been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I'd lost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/for-14-years-i-d-been-on-medication-for-the-pinched-nerve-the/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_for-14-years-i-d-been-on-medication-for_2299613.jpg) > [And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, "What will you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/and-i-have-always-told-the-patients-when-i-talk-to-them-when-they/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_and-i-have-always-told-the-patients-when_2388088.jpg) > [I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that's what I learned, it made sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-think-once-i-made-up-my-mind-that-i-was-allergic-to-alcohol-and/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_i-think-once-i-made-up-my-mind-that-i-wa_2983977.jpg) > [My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/my-makeup-wasn-t-smeared-i-wasn-t-disheveled-i-behaved-politely-and-i/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/336/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_my-makeup-wasn-t-smeared-i-wasn-t-dishev_3227702.jpg) ## Other authors on Alcohol - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nikhil-saluja-71464.jpg) Nikhil Saluja 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/nikhil-saluja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-johnny-depp-52599.jpg) Johnny Depp 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/johnny-depp/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-bukowski-22166.jpg) Charles Bukowski 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/charles-bukowski/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elton-john-32880.jpg) Elton John 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/elton-john/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b025/author-winston-churchill-96197.jpg) Winston Churchill 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/winston-churchill/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-williams-80466.jpg) Robin Williams 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/robin-williams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jimmy-buffett-49948.jpg) Jimmy Buffett 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/jimmy-buffett/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-ernest-hemingway-33795.jpg) Ernest Hemingway 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/ernest-hemingway/) ## More by Betty Ford > [Any woman should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/any-woman-should-have-the-right-to-a-safe-and-legal-abortion/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [It's my feeling that God lends you your children until they're about eighteen years old. If you haven't made your points with them by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/it-s-my-feeling-that-god-lends-you-your-children-until-they-re-about/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-think-it-wasn-t-so-much-that-the-white-house-altered-me-in-any/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [We're full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/we-re-full-all-the-time-and-people-do-have-good-success-and-i-think/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but-it-lets-you-down-in-a-hurry/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/that-s-what-we-re-here-on-this-earth-for-to-help-others/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [I have an independent streak. You know, it's kind of hard to tell a independent woman what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-have-an-independent-streak-you-know-it-s-kind-of-hard-to-tell-a/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [I've learned a lot about myself. Most of it is all right. When I add up the pluses and subtract the minuses, I still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-ve-learned-a-lot-about-myself-most-of-it-is-all-right-when-i-add-up/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [This is a place where you can go, that you can feel safe and look inside yourself and discover yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/this-is-a-place-where-you-can-go-that-you-can-feel-safe-and-look/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/holding-these-babies-in-my-arms-makes-me-realize-the-miracle-my/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [But my activities have been pretty much focused in the last almost 30 years on the recovery, of my own recovery, the understanding for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/but-my-activities-have-been-pretty-much-focused-in-the-last-almost-30/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [I don't feel that because I'm First Lady, I'm very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-don-t-feel-that-because-i-m-first-lady-i-m-very-different-from-what/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [Being a lady does not require silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/being-a-lady-does-not-require-silence/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [You never know what you can do until you have to do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/you-never-know-what-you-can-do-until-you-have-to-do-it/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) > [What man could afford to pay for all the things a wife does, when she's a cook, a mistress, a chauffeur, a nurse, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/what-man-could-afford-to-pay-for-all-the-things-a-wife-does-when-she/) [Betty Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-ford/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/betty-ford/#itemlist", "name": "6 Alcohol Quotes By Betty Ford", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but-it-lets-you-down-in-a-hurry/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but_259099.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but_259099.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b14/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_alcohol-may-pick-you-up-a-little-bit-but_259099.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Alcohol may pick you up a little bit, but it lets you down in a hurry.” — Betty Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Ford" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-ford/i-know-i-was-an-alcoholic-because-i-was-preoccupied-whether-alcohol/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_i-know-i-was-an-alcoholic-because-i-was_1514727.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_i-know-i-was-an-alcoholic-because-i-was_1514727.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/087/betty-ford-16221_alcohol_i-know-i-was-an-alcoholic-because-i-was_1514727.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.” — Betty Ford", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For 14 years, I'd been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I'd lost my tolerance for pills. 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