Patrick J. Kennedy Quotes

I was an alcoholic, for sure. It became a problem steadily over the course of six years.

I had to accept that I was an alcoholic, that was the main thing. I think you've got to. But I try not say that I'm an alcoholic. I prefer to say that it's a disease I've got.

I do not live in the world of sobriety.

I was probably born an alcoholic.

My mother is still battling alcoholism.

I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home.

Yeah, I admit to myself, yeah, I'm an alcoholic.

The alcoholic suffers from a disease.

I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped.

When I got sober, that was 1990.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.

I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.

Because I know I'm an addict, and I know I'm an alcoholic.

I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.

Here's to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it's caused me.

Like many alcoholics, I was a staggering woman in a chic apartment, sick and utterly disgusting.

Mr. Speaker, as a grateful recovering alcoholic of 24 years myself, I am living proof that treatment does work and that recovery is real.

I went into rehab December 14th, 1996, and got out eight months later? Then I went into a sober living place where I stayed for three months. I've been clean for a good year and a half.

Okay, I've admitted to drinking too much. Okay, so I'm dealing with it.

I'm clean and sober.

I went off the rails for a few years with drink and different things.

Every relapse is dangerous, but often it takes multiple relapses before someone finally gets sober for good.

My makeup wasn't smeared, I wasn't disheveled, I behaved politely, and I never finished off a bottle, so how could I be alcoholic?

I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.