Spencer Matthews Quotes

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

I don't really drink very much, although I have abused alcohol in the past.

When I was 20, I was drinking. When I was 30, I was drinking more, and at 40, way too much.

In my family, they were all big boozers.

My relationship with alcohol became unsustainable. For people who are going to ask, 'Were you an alcoholic?' I suppose the short answer is 'Yes.'

An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do.

But if I wasn't playing, I would drink Saturdays, then Sunday, then Monday. Then I would try and train and it was no good, then have another drink just to pass the day away.

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

I'm a special drunkard... I drink too much.

I am a drinker with writing problems.

It's not the drinking to be blamed, but the excess.

One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.

He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk.

Liquor drinking is not a wrong; but excessive drinking is.

I made some mistakes. I occasionally drank too much, and I did that night.

We knew the old liar drank a lot, but now we know just how much: 'He begins the morning with a sherry, then has a bottle of Burgundy with lunch. He often has a glass of port after lunch, but always one after dinner. There is whiskey in the afternoon and Champagne with dinner. Then some more port, and a glass of Cognac. As the night goes on, a whiskey and soda...'

Evidence...proves that prohibition only drives drunkenness behind doors and into dark places, and does not cure it or even diminish it.

… there are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of them is that he has taken to drink.

I wasn't really an alcoholic, but I was losing control. I still go for a beer, but I drink a lot less.

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

My relationship in the past with alcohol has been both good fun and unhealthy.

I think I was an alcoholic. There are all these grey areas about what makes you an alcoholic - you can't cope without it, you stop caring about jobs and relationships, or you just binge.

In the back of my mind for many years, I had always felt that my relationship with alcohol, although seemingly harmless was unhealthy and somewhat destructive.

I'll be seeking professional help with regards to alcohol and, until myself and the club feel this is under control, I'll be off the drink.

Alcohol was the background color in the fabric of Reggie's life.