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Excerpts from "What to Put in Your Head Now that the Alcohol is Out"
Humor
It may seem improper to find anything funny in addiction, but as Bob Newhart said, "Laughter gives us distance.  It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and move on."
When we were drunk we did and said some pretty dumb things, and those are reflected here.  Some famous people have had something to say about alcohol.  Lord Byron: "Always laugh when you can.  It is cheap medicine."
"Do not allow children to mix drinks.  It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth."  Steve Allen
"I love to sing and I love to drink scotch.  Most people would rather hear me drink scotch."   George Burns
Lady, speaking to Winston Churchill:  "Sir, you are drunk."
Churchill: "And you are ugly.  Tomorrow I will wake up sober."
"What contemptible scoundrel has stolen the cork to my lunch?"  W.C. Fields
"I only drink to make other people interesting."  George Jean Nathan
"Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy."  Frank Sinatra
"One martini is all right.  Two are too many, and three is not enough."  James Thurber
"Oh, you hate your job? There's a support group for that.  It's called 'Everybody' and they meet at the bar."   Anonymous
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