“There's not alcoholic in the world who wants to be told what to do. Alcoholics are sometimes described as egomaniacs with inferiority complexes. Or, to be cruder, a piece of shit that the universe revolves around.”— Anthony Kiedis, amazon.com
“The person that you love is dead, I flooded him out with the Jack and Jameson.”— Senses Fail, open.spotify.com
“One more day of drinking, perhaps, and then I’ll get myself straight tomorrow.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“I became lonely, so I drank a bit, and then a bit more, and then I became lonelier, because no one likes being around a drunk. I lost and I drank and I drank and I lost.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“I am no longer desirable, I’m off-putting in some way. It’s not just that I’ve put on weight, or that my face is puffy from the drinking and the lack of sleep; it’s as if people can see the damage written all over me, can see it in my face, the way I hold myself, the way I move.”— Paula Hawkins, amazon.com
“I don’t need to talk about how I need a drink, I need a reason not to drink.”— Poussey Washington, newrepublic.com
“Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.”— Chris Prentiss, amazon.com