Quote by William Boyd

“I'm on a whisky diet. I've lost three days already.”

— Tommy Cooper

“A routine life of moderation. Go to bed early, don't smoke, don't drink - although you can always make an exception now and then…

— Karsten Thormaehlen

“But who could agree with someone who was so certain you were going to be sober the day after tomorrow?”

— Malcolm Lowry

“It’s your life, quite possibly your only one. Still you find yourself having a vodka at three a.m., waiting for your pill to kick…

— Michael Cunningham

“I order three martinis and down them in quick succession, shuddering at the strength of the alcohol. When they don’t immediately work, I order…

— Helen Harper

“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

“These days, I was holding myself together with whiskey and denial. I didn't have my whiskey and denial was having a bad day. I”

— Donna Augustine

“I finished the ale, started to order a third one, and decided against it. I'd had enough. More than enough. Or I never would…

— Jim Thompson

“I shot it back and closed my eyes, considering a trip to the liquor store. But there wasn’t enough whiskey in the universe to…

— Jamie McGuire

“most days go nowhere but the avoidance of pain and dissolution are lovely.”

— Charles Bukowski

“Let’s just try taking one night at a time, and see where we end up come morning.” “You can tell yourself that if it…

— Scarlett Cole

“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