Father Quote by Samuel Johnson

I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I did a…

— Gary Oldman

I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father and I took the anger out on myself. I did a…

— Gary Oldman

Intoxicated with the madness, I'm in love with my sadness.

— Smashing Pumpkins

I didn't grow up with my father in my life, and that bred a resentment in me, and it bred a mentality in me…

— Rashad Evans

I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family.

— Buzz Aldrin

My formative years were all shaped by a mother who was very sad and had a drinking problem, while my father was lonely and…

— Peter Hedges

My father was always depressed. When he was home and sober, he was mostly in his room.

— Sherman Alexie

I come from a completely dysfunctional alcoholic family, so we kind of parented ourselves a little bit.

— Sean Hayes

My alcoholism was an illness. It was in my DNA, my genes. Both my parents were addicts and I have an addictive personality.

— Tony Adams

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like…

— Dean Koontz

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

— Samuel Johnson

I never thought that alcohol could ease the notion of the sadness, Now what used to be a happy home done turned into some…

— Big Boi