Alcohol Explained Quotes

“If God does exist then it seems to me that rather than solve our problems for us, he or she instead provides us with the potential for great intelligence, understanding, wisdom, and compassion. It is then left up to us to use these to solve our own problems.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“Another of the considerable advantages is the improved quality of life as your broken sleeping patterns repair and you begin to catch up on the lost sleep. This will have a phenomenal impact on your quality of life. Waking up feeling fresh and ready to go is one of the great feelings in life.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“Very simply put, if you have a problem, drinking will not solve it. In fact, it can only make it worse. Things that are genuinely awful but manageable can transform into the genuinely awful and unbearable if you factor in the depressing after-effects of alcohol consumption.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“I remember reading a book once where the author compared a marriage to a tower where every argument and bad word is a blow to that tower. Some towers are stronger than others, but all towers can take only a finite amount of battering before they are structurally weakened and come crashing down.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“Even for the lighter or more occasional drinker who has decided to stop, they very soon forget the vast majority of drinks that they took that did nothing for them, and remember the few here and there that they really enjoyed.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“When you are experiencing negative emotions you should let your feelings happen and allow yourself to experience them without trying to control or change them.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“alcoholics believe they are a breed apart; they are not happy no matter what they have in life, and the only thing that can truly take away their misery is a drink. No matter what they have in life and no matter how happy they ought to be, they will be depressed because of the chemical imbalance caused by the drink.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“…there’s never been a day that lasts forever, just as the sun sets, it will rise at dawn for ever after…’.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained

“We can either resist a drink, or we can’t. And if we can’t, then we precipitate back to square one.”
― William Porter, Alcohol Explained