Abusive Quote by Gary Chapman

It is a myth that alcoholics have some spontaneous insight and then seek treatment. Victims of this disease do not submit to treatment out…

— Vernon Johnson

No one can help an alcoholic or addict until he or she is ready to try to get better.

— Ruben Castaneda

I've dealt with a lot of physical pain, with a lot of emotional pain; anybody's who's ever been an alcoholic has handled both of…

— Jason Isbell

“Your alcoholics may include some of your brightest stars. The problem is to identify them, protected as they always are by their secretaries and…

— David Ogilvy

“Page 142: "When a spouse says to the alcoholic, "you need to go to AA," that is obviously not true. The addict feels no…

— Henry Cloud

Being a functioning alcoholic is kind of like being a paraplegic lap dancer - you can do it, just not as well as the…

— Robin Williams

“Alcoholics are, in truth, failures, and their failure is a simple failure of will. They have made bad choices, and they continue to do…

— Martin E.P. Seligman

“Treatment for dependency at substance abuse treatment centers must change if alcoholism and addiction are to be overcome in our society.”

— Chris Prentiss

There's no recovery from alcoholism, it is an incurable disease. And it also is a disease that tells you, you don't have a disease.

— Malachy McCourt

“Alcoholics Anonymous was proclaimed the correct treatment for alcoholism over seventy-five years ago despite the absence of any scientific evidence of the approach’s efficacy,…

— Lance Dodes

That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart.

— Audrey Niffenegger

“People think alcoholics are violent. They don't hold down jobs or they're out drinking every night. No offense to the people who believe that,…

— Nyrae Dawn