Is there a quote that reminds you why you don’t drink?

For me it would be Ernest Hemingway’s “I drink to make other people more interesting”. It always makes me chuckle.

Do you have a quote you remind yourself of to stop falling back into your addiction be it alcohol or something else?

2 Likes

“I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they wake up in the morning, that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day.”

Dean Martin

Wrong Dean…I wake up feeling rested, and get more done before 8:30 AM, than most people do in a day. I also don’t have any trouble remembering I what I did last night.

11 Likes

We die only once, and for such a long time. Moliere
Reminds me to keep trying to live a life unwasted.

4 Likes

I’m allergic to alcohol. Every time I drink I break out in handcuffs. - old AA proverb

5 Likes

I have no idea haha. When did he say it first?

Looks to be older than RDJ.

https://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/im_allergic_to_alcohol

2 Likes

Thanks for looking that up.

1 Like

“… and for an encore goes on to prove black is white and gets himself killed on the next zebra crossing.” It’s a Douglas Adams quote. I’m a pro at lying to myself. It reminds me that I’m an alcoholic no matter how good I am at arguing otherwise.

Love Bukowski’s work. He was very quotable.

2 Likes

1 Like

“This fucking sucks.”
~drunk me, or sobering up me

4 Likes

My worst day sober is still better than my best day using

1 Like

“Momma, are you gonna come out here and play with me or what?” -my daughter, who loves me simply bc I’m alive.

7 Likes

One drink is too many a thousand is never enough

3 Likes

You really wanna start that process again dude? -myself

3 Likes


I love this quote, it gives me hope. :blush:

2 Likes

There isn’t a problem that Alcohol cannot make worse.

3 Likes

“dude, where’s my car”

2 Likes

From a hymn, “its hard to dance with the devil on your back”

1 Like

Isn’t that the Irish folk song Lord of the Dance? Love this line too