People These Days Quote by Graham Parke

“Drinking released me from the suffocating fear, the feelings of inadequacy, and the nagging voices at the back of my head that told me…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“The problem wasn't drinking. The problem was people. And what they needed wasn't a new law; what they needed was a new heart.”

— Siri Mitchell

“Stopping drinking and drugging didn't suddenly solve my problems - not even close - but it did clear a little spot on the filthy…

— Gregory P. Smith

“I stayed there sipping in that wrong air, until it filled my lungs with knowing that something bad was about to happen.”

— Jennifer Gooch Hummer

“I drank for some time, three or four days. I couldn't get myself to read the want ads. The thought of sitting in front…

— Charles Bukowski

“I wanted it the way an alcoholic must want booze: badly enough to shove aside the hard knowledge that this was a truly lousy…

— Tana French

“I’d made late-night calls to distant places. I could tell from the numbers whom I’d called, but what had I said? Some mornings I…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“For the first time I realized that perhaps my drinking was getting a bit out of hand, but I knew you’d drink too if…

— Alcoholics Anonymous

“My problem was not only drinking; it was selfishness. The booze was leading me to put myself ahead of others, especially my family. I…

— George W. Bush

“Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So…

— Charles Bukowski

“I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows. But now the damned things have learned to swim ,and now decency and good behavior…

— Frida Kahlo

“I suffered the misfortune that I sat down at a table and started drinking one glass of beer after another.”

— Jaroslav Hašek