“Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”

“When we drug ourselves to blot out our soul's call, we are being good Americans and exemplary consumers.”

“The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.”

“Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and...”

“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”

“If merely 'feeling good' could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience.”

“If you're spending your entire early 20s chasing the next party,what are you running away from?”

“A junkie spends half his life waiting.”

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satis...”

“Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living.”

“Opium makes you quick-witted - perhaps only because it calms the nerves and stills the emotions. Nothing, not even death...”

“Some people think it’s an insult to the glory of their sickness to get well.”