Alcoholism Quote by Malachy McCourt

“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.” quote by Malachy McCourt — Download Open image

“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

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The Supreme Court gives corporations the same rights as a human being. It's absurd. You can't do that.

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I would like to do away with all kind of - all weapons. A dream - totally. Including the bow an arrow.

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“Kenneth Tynan once said that the only people who can do Russian drama, outside of the Russians themselves, are the Irish. I presume that's because we are somewhat manic in the mood department. It's no bother to soar from the darkest depths to the mountaintops of delight, with the heart borne by all of that which is alive and singing.…

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Do whatever you want because that's not what you are. That's what you do for the moment.

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I absolutely love the public transportation system in New York. No matter what, no matter how people complain, it is the best in the…

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When an English man speaks well, for example now, and this is another way of putting us down, they say he's "eloquent" you see.…

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Once I know I'm an alcoholic then it is my obligation, duty to see what I can do about healing myself.

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The alcoholism got me and I ruined my first marriage with drinking and the lying and the deceit and infidelity, and all of that.…

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Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

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To lose one parent is a tragedy, to lose both is utter carelessness.

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“There are various reasons why an individual might habitually consume large quantities of alcohol, but they all effectively boil down to the same thing. Five years ago, my business partner was a happy drunk. Three years later, he had become a moody drunk. And by the last summer, he was fumbling at the knob of the door to alcoholism. As…

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I was drunk: Christian and drunk. They just don't go together. But that's what happened. And the next day, obviously God had honored those…

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