“Like so many other recovered alcoholics, I am to this day bewildered that it took so long for me to understand that there was no such animal as 'social drinking' for me; that it had nothing to do with my willpower or self-respect or moral fiber, that it was a simple biochemical intolerance to a drug.” LongSelfSocialSimpleAnimalMoralDrugDrinkingSelf RespectThis DayIntoleranceWillpowerAlcoholismAlcoholicsFiberBewilderedMoral Fiber Book:The Quality of Mercy Source: The Quality of Mercy
“The alcoholic trance is not just a haze, as though the eyes were also unshaven. It is not a mere buzzing in the ears, a dizzinessor disturbance of balance. One arrives in the garden again, at nursery time, when the gentle animals are fed and in all the world there are only toys.” WorldEyeAnimalBalanceGardenEarsMereDrinkingAlcoholInnocenceGentleFedsToysAlcoholicsNurseryDisturbanceTranceHaze Book:The world within the word: essays Source: The world within the word: essays