No longer is drinking an art with Americans; once they drank for the taste, but now they drink only for the effect.… — Alice-Leone Moats Copy Share Image
I have a very powerful form of alcoholism. I finally gave up and accepted the fact that if I even smell too… — John Rzeznik Copy Share Image
My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to… — James Cagney Copy Share Image
“It's amazing how fearless you can be when you want something bad enough, the lengths to which you'll go, the grit you'll… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
“An addict newly separated from their thing, whether it's drinking, drugs, throwing up ten times a day or anything else is like… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
I saw people around me who were falling deeper and deeper into alcoholism and substance abuse. It's seductive because alcohol is amazing… — Moby Copy Share Image
“And, you know, whenever you check yourself into rehab, they don't focus on, you know, the fact that you're an alcoholic. They… — Kirk Hammett - Metallica Copy Share Image
“AA began as a nonprofessional attempt to grapple with the alcoholism of its founders. It arose and took its famous twelve steps… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“We are all spiritually powerless, however, and not just those physically addicted to a substance, which is why I address this book… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Trying to describe the process of becoming an alcoholic is like trying to describe air. It's too big and mysterious and pervasive… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“There are various reasons why an individual might habitually consume large quantities of alcohol, but they all effectively boil down to the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Perhaps that was just a hunch." Barbee shivered again. He knew that he himself possessed what he called the "nose for news"… — Jack Williamson Copy Share Image
“We all have those things that help us carry on through life. It is important that these things upon which we depend… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“I didn't know what exhausted me emotionally until that moment, and I realized that the experience of being a soldier, with unlimited… — Utah Phillips Copy Share Image
“The description of Huck’s father grabbed my full attention, and I glanced up at the book in my teacher’s hand as if… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Attempts to locate oneself within history are as natural, and as absurd, as attempts to locate oneself within astronomy. On the day… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“A sudden, uncontrollable fury rose in him, and he cast around for something to smash. He snatched the whiskey bottle from the… — Jo Nesbø Copy Share Image
Many of the tribal reservations today remain mired in poverty and alcoholism because many native [sic] Americans continue to cling to the… — Bryan Fischer Copy Share Image
Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it.… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Children are coming to school with trauma, everyday trauma, that they live under: violence in the homes, alcoholism in the community, unemployment… — Denise Juneau Copy Share Image
When a woman drinks it's as if an animal were drinking, or a child. Alcoholism is scandalous in a woman, and a… — Marguerite Duras Copy Share Image
I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this,… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
The fun, joy, and humor dry up in a relationship when one of the partners is swimming in gin. To my way… — Ginger Rogers Copy Share Image
But the true evil of drink lies in the disillusion: that the initial pleasure very soon evaporates, leaving a demoralizing craving for… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
One key symptom of alcoholism is that the individual comes to need a drink for every mood-one to calm down, one to… — Phyllis A. Balch Copy Share Image
Non-mainstream people seem to balk at the idea of 12-step. A lot of us think 12-step recovery means sitting in a church… — Bucky Sinister Copy Share Image
Deborah, Duchess of Devonshire recounts her decision to leave her husband after decades of struggle with his alcoholism. Several days later, he… — Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Copy Share Image
In Maybe I Will, Laurie Gray writes about important topics that teens need to talk about, including sexual assault, friendship, and alcoholism… — Cheryl Rainfield Copy Share Image
“Alcoholics are, in truth, failures, and their failure is a simple failure of will. They have made bad choices, and they continue… — Martin E.P. Seligman Copy Share Image
“I could simply kill you now, get it over with, who would know the difference? I could easily kick you in, stove… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must… — William Griffith Wilson Copy Share Image
“I carried a bravado about my drinking like I was a hero of debauchery. But on that Christmas Day, I felt like… — Nadia Bolz-Weber Copy Share Image
“When nothing else worked, we created a holistic, hand-tailored program that saved Pax's life. At Passages, he and I use what we… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“I appreciated her bluntness. Maybe it came with her sudden sobriety. Here she was back in the brightly lit world she had… — Robert Charles Wilson Copy Share Image
Very few alcoholics get into a treatment program until they are at the end of the rope, often when they feel like… — Gary Chapman Copy Share Image
Some of the things I'm talking about are very taboo and swept under the rug. As far as suicide and depression and… — Stacy Barthe Copy Share Image
“She’s happier than Nicola. That’s probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
Childhood is what ended me up in the hospital and teetering on the edge of deathly alcoholism. It was really good for… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
“For years I had rejected or been rejected by friends, lovers, family, and God. I was alone and afraid. My life had… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image