“Alcoholism is a choice... not a life sentence.”
― Alcohemy: The Solution to Ending Your Alcohol Habit for Good-Privately, Discreetly, and Fully in Control
― Alcohemy: The Solution to Ending Your Alcohol Habit for Good-Privately, Discreetly, and Fully in Control
“In retrospect, this seems to summarize all the insanity of that time. Guy is standing on top of a burning building. Helicopter arrives, hovers, drops a rope ladder. Climb up! the man leaning out of the helicopter's door shouts. Guy on top of burning building responds, Give me two weeks to think about it.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Is a few hours of hell-raising, or respite from life's toil worth this every morning?”
― The Girl Behind the Painted Smile: My battle with the bottle
― The Girl Behind the Painted Smile: My battle with the bottle
“one doesn't even think of
the liver
and if the liver
doesn't think of
us, that's
fine.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
the liver
and if the liver
doesn't think of
us, that's
fine.”
― You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“I soaked up the drink and it, in return, absorbed me.”
― Dark Steps
― Dark Steps
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