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There is an island of opportunity in the middle of every difficulty. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I'm not an alcoholic. I just drink that way. — Christian Finnegan

At the beginning, there had been talk of using some of her money to start a home for alcoholics. In a sense they had succeeded. — Edward St. Aubyn

They sound like the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that he cannot feel the ache. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I had also read somewhere that if a man didn't truly believe or understand what he was espousing, somehow he could do a more convincing job — Charles Bukowski

Kids who drink alcohol, fairly regularly before they're 14 have a 48% chance ... of becoming alcoholics. — Mariska Hargitay

Alcoholics don't have relationships-they take hostages. — Michael Robotham

The secret, the alcoholics said, was God. — Charles Duhigg

That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart. — Audrey Niffenegger

No one waits to trap him in a lie. He is told what lies he is getting ready to tell. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Nice: meaning I'm going to be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them - to you. — Raymond Chandler

My father was on the Alcoholics Anonymous wishlist. My mother was on ... parole. And lithium. — Christopher Titus

Instead of warning pregnant women not to drink,I think female alcoholics ought to be told not to fuck — George Carlin

Have you ever been to an AA meeting? No wonder these people are alcoholics - I've never needed a drink more badly in my life. — Chelsea Handler

The only disease the alcoholics have is the disease of weakness and selfishness. — Cathy Lamb

To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I was court-ordered to Alcoholics Anonymous on television. Pretty much blows the hell out of the second A, wouldn't you say? — Paula Poundstone

There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic. — Ingrid Bengis

First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn't work. — Alcoholics Anonymous

The mai tai got its name when two Polynesian alcoholics got in a fight over some neckwear. — George Carlin

A New Year: 12 months, 52 weeks, 365 days, 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes - a — Alcoholics Anonymous

My name is Kevin James Breaux and I am an author. Why does that always sound like I am introducing myself at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting? — Kevin James Breaux

When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I would never become an alcoholic like my father because my father deserted us. But diseases, there's no let up. — Malachy McCourt

Not only had I been off guard, — Alcoholics Anonymous

Social scientists are not universally liked or appreciated, but we are still marginally more acceptable than alcoholics and escaped lunatics. — Kate Fox

It would be truly wonderful if we could live as alcoholics do, to be unwarlike for just another day. We don't. — Kurt Vonnegut

Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence. — Alcoholics Anonymous

As one of my early A.A. sponsors used to say, I didn't hang out with lower companions - I had become one. — Alcoholics Anonymous

The greatest enemies of us alcoholics are resentment, jealousy, envy, frustration, and fear. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I have found that the process of discovering who I really am begins with knowing who I really don't want to be. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Why lie, Robert? Why lie? You know that lying is the alcoholics kryptonite, you can't afford it, the reasonable voice in his head screamed. — Gudjon Bergmann

Being a little kinder, a little slower to anger, a little more loving makes my life better - day by day. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Even prostitutes, alcoholics, embezzlers - I won't rehearse the whole catalogue - need health insurance. — William Levada

Should alcoholics go to liquor stores? — Ally Carter

I think that I'm coming off as the biggest alcoholic in the world. — Viola Davis

Not my will, but my heart's will. — Alcoholics Anonymous

It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I used to be a partier, now I'm an alcoholic. It's all in who's judging you. — Doug Stanhope

Montreal's not a city. It's a Disney World for alcoholics. — Mike Wilmot

Most journalists are broken down alcoholics. — James Purdy

The day I became free of alcohol was the day that I fully understood and embraced the truth that I would not be giving anything up by not drinking — Liz Hemingway

Among young people ... drinking is for getting drunk. And many go on to become alcoholics. — Billy Graham

Definition of an alcoholic is an egomaniac with an inferiority complex — Alcoholics Anonymous

I wouldn't doubt it if the CIA is behind Alcoholics Anonymous. — Scott Stapp

I want what I want when I want it. — Eric Cantor

I've been a practicing alcoholic and drug addict for most of my life. — Ozzy Osbourne

As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them. — Robin Williams

Alcoholics crave a drink because it offers escape, relaxation, companionship, the blunting of anxieties, and an opportunity for emotional release. — Charles Duhigg

That I'm an alcoholic is completely ridiculous. — Shannen Doherty

I gave alcohol everything I had — Alcoholics Anonymous

I got thrown out of Alcoholics because when the other clients saw me they thought they were having the DT's — Dave Dutton

Drug addicts had their drugs. Alcoholics had their bottles. Serial killers had their murders. — Jess C. Scott

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

My family tends to be pretty alcoholic and drug-addicted. — Anne Lamott

I think resentment is when you take the poison and wait for the other person to die — M.T.

They're like 'You're an alcoholic.' I go 'No, I'm not.' and then-apparently that's what alcoholics say too, you know? — Norm MacDonald

For in meditation, debate has no place. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Alcoholics are mostly disappointed men. — Burt Lancaster

I know why we're here. We're all here because we're not all there. — Steven Tyler

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you. — Richard Harris

Jesse Ventura is basically proof that the people of Minnesota are not social drinkers ... they are obviously alcoholics. — Lewis Black

awareness training, and like AA's insistence on forcing alcoholics — Charles Duhigg

I'm going to Ibiza with the lads! I'll probably come back a raging alcoholic. — Katie Taylor

A number of U.S. colleges are going to start having dorms for alcoholics. I believe those are called dorms. — Craig Ferguson

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting. — Mercedes McCambridge

I want to thank everyone out there who has chosen not to drive after they have had something to drink. — Audrey Kishline

How did people have conversations anyway? How did they meet and then begin to talk as if they had known each other for years? — Alcoholics Anonymous

One day at a time. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I'm ombibulous. I drink every known alcoholic drink and enjoy them all. — H.L. Mencken

Kids, man, they're way too honest. They're like mini-alcoholics. — Gabriel Iglesias

I had sent her to four consecutive psychiatrists, and not one of them had gotten me sober. — Alcoholics Anonymous

If we still cling to something we will not let go, we ask God to help us be willing. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Overthinkers are the most exhausting alcoholics. — Sarah Hepola

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics. — Bill W.

I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation. — Alcoholics Anonymous

When I hear alcoholics talk about having their demons, I think that they're probably absolutely literally correct. — Alan Moore

The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us. — Alcoholics Anonymous

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Subliminal messaging works! — Nick Jimbanis

The program works, if you work it. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Well, if you're a real alcoholic, then where are you stashing it? That's what real alcoholics do, right? Hide bottles? — Christa Allan

Loyal prophets of an indifferent god" (on the topic of alcoholics, p.222) — Lev Grossman

Alcoholics build defenses like the Dutch build dikes. — Stephen King

The era of waking up in the morning and partying with prostitutes and alcoholics was gone. He was back home where there were set rules and principles. — Jaachynma N.E. Agu

Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed. — Zig Ziglar

Is there a club for bitchiness management, like Alcoholics Anonymous? Because, seriously, I think you should visit it. — Alexandra Engellmann

We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole aim of our lives. — Alcoholics Anonymous

All writers are egomaniacal, manic-depressive, drug-addicted alcoholics. You want to have that fix again. — T.C. Boyle

To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I'm no alcoholic. I'm a drunkard. There's a difference. A drunkard doesn't like to go to meetings. — Jackie Gleason

Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. — Bill Wilson

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless. — Mercedes McCambridge

Everything I had I gave to alcohol. — Alcoholics Anonymous

I was self conscious and ill at ease most of the time, my health was at the breaking point, and I was thoroughly miserable. — Alcoholics Anonymous

You know, American alcoholics are pretty fucking hard to insult. — Augusten Burroughs

If I managed the Cubs, I'd be an alcoholic. — Whitey Herzog