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title: "3 Realize Drinking Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [“I realize now that drinking never solved my problem. How could it? It impairs the mind, fogs the senses, and diminishes other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sukree-boodram/i-realize-now-that-drinking-never-solved-my-problem-how-could-it-it/)

[Sukree Boodram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sukree-boodram/)

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> [“When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/when-we-look-back-from-the-vantage-point-of-sobriety-many-of-us/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

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> [“I sit on a bollard and listen to the swallows swooping among the old cedars by the side of the road, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-osborne/i-sit-on-a-bollard-and-listen-to-the-swallows-swooping-among-the-old/)

[Lawrence Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-osborne/)

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