Eunice Miller > Eunice's Quotes

“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, Scar Tissue

“To a drinker the sensation is real and pure and akin to something spiritual: you seek; in the bottle, you find.”
― Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story

“I had lived in fear of the fabled terrifying visions that assail chronic drinkers, but which had not yet attacked me.”
― Craig Ferguson, American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot

“There's nothing inherently interesting about being a drunk -- in fact, quite the contrary.”
― Heather King, Parched: A Memoir

“She’s happier than Nicola. That’s probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn’t know.”
― Roddy Doyle, Paula Spencer

“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, The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery

“Alcohol does not solve problems but becomes a problem in itself”
― Amit Abraham