Alchoholism Quotes

“I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it.

But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.”
― Lawrence Block, Out on the Cutting Edge

“In Russia, drunks are our kindest people. Our kindest people are also the most drunk.”
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“blue-gold sky, fresh cloud,
emerald-black mountain, trees
on rocky ledges,

on the summit, the tiny pin
of a telephone tower-all

brilliantly clear,
in shadow and out.

and on and through
everything
everywhere
the sun shines
without reservation (p. 97)”
― Barbara Blatner, The Still Position: A Verse Memoir of My Mother's Death

“Death was a cold and endless place. At least life served vodka.”
― Sonja Yoerg, House Broken

“Alcoholics don't have unopened bottles of wine in the house. They have empty wine bottles”
― Fredrik Backman, Anxious People

“I created this prayer collection to offer ways for people to bring about change in their lives. Everyone needs help at various times in their lives.
No matter what we need or experience in life, we can always pray to make a difference for ourselves.
We don’t have to be swept away by events or circumstances beyond our control. God is there to lend a helping hand, especially when we ask.”
― Marie Noël, Prayers for Help