Hank Williams Quotes

'Master Harold' is about me as a little boy, and my father, who was an alcoholic. There's a thread running down the Fugard line of alcoholism. Thankfully I haven't passed it on to my child, a wonderful daughter who's stone-cold sober. But I had the tendency from my father, just as he had had it from his father.

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

But when alcohol comes in, start running. Because there's a demon there, and it goes back to her childhood.

My dad was the town drunk. Most of the time that's not so bad; but New York City?

But I'll tell you something: We had a big family discussion about it recently, my two sisters and I, and I pointed out that we all have the same genes as our mother and we're all susceptible to becoming alcoholics.

My dad was a serious alcoholic, and ultimately, that's why he died. When you're a child of someone who struggled with things like that, you look for the common thread. Is there a pattern? Is there an inheritance of pathology in some way? That haunts me.

I think in a lot of ways, 'The Shining' is about alcoholism and 'Doctor Sleep' is actually about recovery. They go together pretty well that way.

My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.

Fred Jr. Trump was great. He was the most handsome person. He was a really smart guy, really, really smart guy. He had everything. But at a certain age he started drinking a little more, a little more, and ultimately it was a big problem, and he'd say don't ever, ever drink. And I'll tell what you, I never - I have never had a glass of alcohol.

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.

My uncle was the town drunk - and we lived in Chicago.

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

In Limerick, a family that was dysfunctional was one who could afford to drink but didn't.

One trait of addictive families is that we never recognize our own addictions.

I knew at quite a young age that I had an issue with drinking.

I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity.

When I stopped drinking, it was only because I thought if I don't stop, I'm going to die.

My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time.

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 knew I couldn't solve it. Because I couldn't figure out what made her drink when things were going well.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.

I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.

You have problems, you think drink helps, then you have two problems.

I would never have discovered alcohol.