“. . . the solution is not to toss youthful offenders into jail or prisons. We long ago recognized alcoholism to be a disease, and abondoned efforts to treat alcoholics simply by locking them up.” LongWarEffortDrugDiseaseSolutionsTreatsPrisonJailUsersLong AgoAlcoholismAlcoholicsTossOffenders Author:Tom McCall
“I want to be a bloated alcoholic. That's my goal - it is, I'm serious, because there is no other disease that is more fun than alcoholism. I know it has its downside, but I'll tell you, there's no other party disease like alcohol.” KnowsWantFunGoalPartySeriousDiseaseAlcoholAlcoholismAlcoholics Author:Dom Irrera
“I am an alcoholic, as I said. And it is however we call it, a disease. That's an explanation, but not an excuse.” SaidDiseaseExcuseExplanationAlcoholics Author:Malachy McCourt
“I would never become an alcoholic like my father because my father deserted us. But diseases, there's no let up.” FatherDiseaseAlcoholicsDeserted Author:Malachy McCourt
“I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.” HumansI CanConditionsDiseaseInsanityHuman ConditionAlcoholicsAccelerateIncurable Disease Book:The quality of mercy: an autobiography Source: The quality of mercy: an autobiography
“Anorexia was there for me before I got into modeling, but because of the arena and the demands, the disease really got out of control for me. It's like being an alcoholic and going and being a bartender.” DemandDiseaseArenaModelingAlcoholicsAnorexiaBartender Author:Carre Otis
“Alcoholism is a disease, but it's the only one you can get yelled at for having. Goddamn it Otto, you are an alcoholic. Goddamn it Otto, you have Lupus... one of those two doesn't sound right.” TwoHumorFunnySoundDiseaseAlcoholAlcoholismAlcoholics Author:Mitch Hedberg