Quote by Sherman Alexie

Drinking would shut down my seeing and my hearing and my feeling," she used to say. "Why would I want to be in the…

— Sherman Alexie

“When I'm drunk with feeling and nature is drinking from my lips and we reflect each other in our atmospheres, then my words come…

— Brandi Bates

Indians have a big problem with alcohol and drugs. I grew up with an admiration for their culture and was sensitive to their problems.

— Kirstie Alley

“If you ever have children, tell them they must always be drunk. Drunk on love, drunk on poetry, drunk on wine, it doesn’t matter.…

— Benjamin Hale

“I realize now that drinking never solved my problem. How could it? It impairs the mind, fogs the senses, and diminishes other normal functions.…

— Sukree Boodram

“I’d never touched alcohol—doesn’t mix too well with crazy pills—but I knew at that moment what it must feel like to be drunk. Everything…

— Myra McEntire

“What are reason and sobriety without the knowledge of intoxication?”

— Hermann Hesse

“I discovered early in life that living frightened me when I was sober.”

— Eugene O'Neill

“At Kayenta we were told that the entire Navajo Indian reservation was dry; you couldn't get a drop of alcohol anywhere. Not with dinner,but…

— Herman Koch

“How do you know when you are too drunk to drive? When you swerve to miss a tree then realize it was your air-freshener.”

— Mike Miller

“Be grateful. These feelings, no matter how painful, are part of living. Today, we are alive—not anesthetized, not sedated, not passed out. Take control…

— Ann D. Clark