112 Quotes About Alcoholic

I didn't write the Twelve Steps. I had nothing to do with the writing of them. But I think I probably had something to do with them indirectly.

It wasn't so much about breaking free of him, as it was about breaking free of me.

And I was sure it was the drink that irrigated White’s self-sabotage, for it is the common trait of alcoholics to make plans and promises, to oneself, to others, fervently, sincerely, and in hope of redemption. Promises that are broken, again and again, through fear, through loss of nerve, through any number of things that hide that deep desire, at heart, to obliterate one’s broken self.

I use to drink every day without a care until I released the Demons that now I must bare

All that usually drew my eyes in his direction, for our entire life together, everything he had done, been, and said, that which made up “Dad” and was immanent in him, or in my view of him, whatever his appearance, all that was suddenly gone. He looked like a drunk who had put on a suit. He looked like an alcoholic his family had picked up, cleaned up, and taken along.

To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.

You cannot fix people who will not take feedback, because from their perspective, they do not have a problem.

The hallucinations of alcoholics provide us with an opportunity to study crowds as they appear in the minds of individuals.

I was dating the same man over and over again, expecting a different relationship. Where's the sanity in that!?