“Life throws challenges at us to see what we're made of, right? Yeah, apparently, I'm made of bourbon and blow.”— Sheila Callaghan, Lisa Morales, Robbie Pratt, Nick Gehlfuss, imdb.com
“If penicillin can cure those that are ill, Spanish sherry can bring the dead back to life.”— Alexander Fleming, amazon.com
“Rates of alcohol abuse are on the rise, especially for women, minorities, and the elderly.”— Olivia Campbell, nymag.com
“It’s not cool to be an alcoholic, meaning it’s not cool to go drink and be a dumbass. It’s cool to be a part of recovery.”— Chester Bennington, noisecreep.com
“I don’t have a problem with people knowing that I had a drinking problem. That’s who I am and I’m kind of lucky in a lot of ways cause I get to do something about it.”— Chester Bennington, noisecreep.com
“The blackouts were horrible. It was hideous to let those nights slide into a crack in the ground. But even scarier was to take responsibility for the mess I’d made. Even scarier was to remember your own life.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com
“Alcohol was an escalating madness, and the blackout issue was the juncture separating two kinds of drinking. One kind was a comet in your veins. The other kind left you sunken and cratered, drained of all light.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com
“Be kind to drunk people, for every one of them is fighting an enormous battle.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com
“Sobriety has a way of sorting out your friendships. They begin to fall into two categories: people you feel comfortable being yourself with—and everyone else.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com
“Sometimes people drift in and out of your life, and the real agony is fighting it. You can gulp down an awful lot of seawater, trying to change the tides.”— Sarah Hepola, amazon.com