“My anger made me drink as an escape from reality, a way of forgetting. But you don't know when the medicinal effect ends and the poisoning begins ... This is my sixth year of sobriety. Overcoming alcoholism has been my greatest challenge and my greatest reward.” KnowsWayYearsHas BeensMadeEndsRealityChallengesForgetEffectsDrinkOvercomingRewardsAlcoholismSobrietyPoisoning Author:Mercedes McCambridge
“Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it.” ThinkingNeedsFeelsBelieveMeanLife IsDiesMorningPiecesDrinkShapesWake UpAddictionCricketAlcoholismAlcoholicsShakingSensational Author:Mercedes McCambridge
“I lose all control after two drinks of anything” TwoLosesDrink Book:The Quality of Mercy Source: The Quality of Mercy
