#alcohol

Being raised Catholic in a pressure-cooker household besieged by alcohol and bill collectors enforced and heightened a sense of sentry duty in me, the oldest of five children and the one most responsible for keeping everything from capsizing. Wild indulgence was for other people, the non-worriers. ↗

— James Wolcott

#being #bill #catholic #children #collectors

I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time. ↗

— Neil Young

#day #i #just #kinda #like

But there is no withdrawal, but with tobacco there is terrible withdrawal, it is almost impossible for a lot of people. I did , I went cold turkey, they never had any patches in those days but grass was not difficult, alcohol not difficult, but tobacco - oh my god. ↗

— Larry Hagman

#almost #any #cold #days #did

When I have an idea, I turn down the flame, as if it were a little alcohol stove, as low as it will go. Then it explodes and that is my idea. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

#down #explodes #flame #go #i

Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink." "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." Exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill— ↗

— Winston Churchill

#classic-insult #drunk #wife

It's not cool to be an alcoholic. ↗

— Chester Bennington

#cool

We used to drink an awful lot of alcohol. ↗

— Bill Bruford

#awful #drink #lot #used

Such lifestyle factors such as cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, little physical activity and low dietary calcium intake are risk factors for osteoporosis as well as for many other non-communicable diseases. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#activity #alcohol #cigarette #cigarette smoking #consumption

I'm very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful. ↗

— Jim Carrey

#alcohol #beautiful #i #life #serious

Kids are going to try drugs and alcohol; that's part of society. ↗

— Jamie Lee Curtis

#going #kids #part #society #try