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“Ethan didn't mind his blood being taken - he just disliked the fact that it had to be sucked through a needle in order to do it.”
“She’s happier than Nicola. That’s probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn’t know.”
“I'll never amount to anything—well anything my parents want, so instead I’ll end up puking and drinking till I’m blind drunk, It’s funny my mother says I hurt myself to spite her but she doesn’t kn...”
“Now I see that it isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.”
“I want to feel calm and at ease. Like someone who lives in Half Moon Bay, California, and makes hummus from scratch. Instead, I feel like I'm a contestant on some awful supermarket game show where ...”
“The head can travel a far piece while the body sits in one spot. It can traverse many decades, and many conversations can be had, even with the dead.”
“Tomorrow! How sweet its prospects for a drunkard the night before. There is no better word. Before the earth hurls itself into sunshine, nothing is not possible.”
“Slurping these spirits is soul preparation, a warped communion, myself serving as god, priest, and congregation.”
“His eyes are so clear and blue that nothing but clichés enter my mind.”
“His laugh is made of porch swings and lemonade.”
“Kate was about to protest when something caused her to look in her mother’s direction. She was standing statue-like in front of the television with that brave, painted-on smile. Then Kate realized ...”
“I felt empty and sad for years, and for a long, long time, alcohol worked. I’d drink, and all the sadness would go away. Not only did the sadness go away, but I was fantastic. I was beautiful, funn...”
“Spurred by Amy’s death I’ve tried to salvage unwilling victims from the mayhem of the internal storm and am always, always just pulled inside myself.”
“Now I’msober and Irealize, Ididn’t drink toescape the world,I drank to escapemyself”
“What was so painful about Amy’s death is that I know that there is something I could have done. I could have passed on to her the solution that was freely given to me. Don’t pick up a drink or drug...”
“And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.”
“When I walked into the house, I went in search of one of my dad's bottles. Not that they were that hard to find. He hid bottles all over the house. I knew where they all were. That was one of my ho...”
“If there’s one thing I learned in Alanon, it’s that you got to face the music because it just grows louder when you ignore it.”
