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> [You're not surprised when alcoholics act like alcoholics. It's more surprising when non-alcoholics start acting like alcoholics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/you-re-not-surprised-when-alcoholics-act-like-alcoholics-it-s-more/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb4/carrie-fisher-927_acting_you-re-not-surprised-when-alcoholics-act_223879.jpg)

> [Happy is one of the many things I'm likely to be over the course of a day and certainly over the course…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/happy-is-one-of-the-many-things-i-m-likely-to-be-over-the-course-of-a/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/329/carrie-fisher-927_addict_happy-is-one-of-the-many-things-i-m-like_528221.jpg)

> [Saying you're an alcoholic and an addict is like saying you're from Los Angeles and from California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/saying-you-re-an-alcoholic-and-an-addict-is-like-saying-you-re-from/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/carrie-fisher-927_addict_saying-you-re-an-alcoholic-and-an-addict_1230874.jpg)

## Other authors on Alcoholics

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mercedes-mccambridge-66655.jpg) Mercedes McCambridge 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcoholics/mercedes-mccambridge/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-ozzy-osbourne-73020.jpg) Ozzy Osbourne 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcoholics/ozzy-osbourne/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-carlin-37578.jpg) George Carlin 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcoholics/george-carlin/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chelsea-handler-22948.jpg) Chelsea Handler 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcoholics/chelsea-handler/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-augusten-burroughs-15660.jpg) Augusten Burroughs 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcoholics/augusten-burroughs/)

## More by Carrie Fisher

> [“I don’t just want you to like me, I want to be one of the most joy-inducing human beings that you’ve ever encountered. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-don-t-just-want-you-to-like-me-i-want-to-be-one-of-the-most-joy/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things. Otherwise, I don't know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/it-creates-community-when-you-talk-about-private-things-and-you-can/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [You can't find any true closeness in Hollywood, because everybody does the fake closeness so well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/you-can-t-find-any-true-closeness-in-hollywood-because-everybody-does/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [The only one who didn't know was George Lucas. We kept it from him, because we wanted to see what his face looked like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/the-only-one-who-didn-t-know-was-george-lucas-we-kept-it-from-him/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [I was born imagining myself with an apron on, with pies cooling on the window sill and babies crying upstairs. I thought that all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-was-born-imagining-myself-with-an-apron-on-with-pies-cooling-on-the/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [“If wishes were horses mine would be glue -”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/if-wishes-were-horses-mine-would-be-glue/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [I think of my body as a side effect of my mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-think-of-my-body-as-a-side-effect-of-my-mind/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [“I thought you might supply some tenderness I lacked But out of all the things I offered you took my breath away and now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-thought-you-might-supply-some-tenderness-i-lacked-but-out-of-all/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [I have the ability, occasionally, of being able to step out and see who you think I could end up being. And I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/i-have-the-ability-occasionally-of-being-able-to-step-out-and-see-who/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [It creates community when you talk about private things and you can find other people that have the same things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/it-creates-community-when-you-talk-about-private-things-and-you-can-2/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [He's a very strange guy, my father. I can't get mad at him because he's so adorable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/he-s-a-very-strange-guy-my-father-i-can-t-get-mad-at-him-because-he-s/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [Sometimes I feel like I've got my nose pressed up against the window of a bakery, only I'm the bread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/sometimes-i-feel-like-i-ve-got-my-nose-pressed-up-against-the-window/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [He doesn't move his face when he talks. His eyes are like shark eyes. Dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/he-doesn-t-move-his-face-when-he-talks-his-eyes-are-like-shark-eyes/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [“So it stood to reason that if I could disappoint my own father—if I couldn’t get my own father to love me enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/so-it-stood-to-reason-that-if-i-could-disappoint-my-own-father-if-i/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

> [Here's how men think. Sex, work - and those are reversible, depending on age - sex, work, food, sports and lastly, begrudgingly, relationships. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-fisher/here-s-how-men-think-sex-work-and-those-are-reversible-depending-on/)

[Carrie Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-fisher/)

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