"Alcohol abuse and alcoholism have a different physiologic effect on women than on men. Societal attitudes about women…"

"Morpheus' gifts used to come to me in bottles, Beam and black Jack Daniel's, straight up with a frosted schooner of J…"

"In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any more if…"

"In a few hours it would be midnight and I would have gone a full day on my own without a drink. And one day could mea…"

"It's not like anything you can beat—no matter how hard you try. … It's just that you can't really help them and it's …"

"Jesus," he said to himself. "Drunk for ten years."

"...and another little drink wouldn't do us any harm."

"I got . I had to stop drinking and reorganize my whole life schedule, and that's probably the greatest blessing in my…"

"Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime."

"Think about the great thinkers of our time and those times before and in antiquity. Think about Aristotle, Plato and …"