#alcohol

If I have a near-beer, I’m near beer. And if I’m near beer, I’m close to tequila. And if I’m close to tequila, I’m adjacent to cocaine. ↗

— Craig Ferguson

#beer #cocaine #drinking #drugs #tequila

That's what was wrong with drinking too much. You became immune to drunken delights. There was no solace in liquor. Before you got happy, you collapsed. ↗

— Richard Matheson

#alcohol

It did occur to me that the effect of good literature may be as dizzying as that of alcohol. ↗

— Pamela Dean

#reading #alcohol

If I hadn't become a celebrity, I'd probably be an alcoholic. ↗

— Paul Lynde

#become #celebrity #hadn #i #probably

Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#alcoholics #country #crime #health #health problem

I am a recovering alcoholic. ↗

— Patrick J. Kennedy

#am #i #i am #recovering

My peers, lately, have found companionship through means of intoxication - it makes them sociable. I, however, cannot force myself to use drugs to cheat on my loneliness - it is all that I have - and when the drugs and alcohol dissipate, will be all that my peers have as well. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#cannot #cheat #companionship #dissipate #force

Each year, therefore, a dollar spent on alcoholic beverages has purchased a smaller quantity. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#alcoholic beverages #beverages #dollar #each #purchased

The increased consumption of alcoholic beverages in Canada since the outbreak of war is one evidence of this. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#alcoholic beverages #beverages #canada #consumption #evidence

I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me. ↗

— Hunter S. Thompson

#alcohol #always #anyone #hate #i