{"quotes":[{"text":"At the lip of a cliff, I look out over Lake Superior, through the bare branches of birches and the snow-covered branches of aspens and pines. A hard wind blows snow up out of a cavern and over my face. I know this place, I know its seasons - I have hiked these mountains in the summer and walked these winding pathways in the explosion of colour that is a northern fall. And now, the temperature drops well below zero and the deadly cold lake rages below, I feel the stirrings of faith that here, in this place, in my heart, spring will come again.But first the winter must be waited out. And that waiting has worth.","author":"Marya Hornbacher","tags":["addiction","alcoholic","anorexia","bulimia","eating-disorder","mental-illness","recovery","spirituality"],"id":48848,"author_id":"Marya+Hornbacher"},{"text":"The only thing we chase our shots with are high-fives.","author":"Joe Buckler","tags":["alcohol","alcoholic","alcoholism","shots","whiskey"],"id":66277,"author_id":"Joe+Buckler"},{"text":"Part of me felt deep compassion. And another part felt like, You fucker.","author":"Augusten Burroughs","tags":["addiction","alcoholic","compassion","recovery"],"id":70512,"author_id":"Augusten+Burroughs"},{"text":"Why were drunks, almost always, persons of talent, personality, lovable qualities, gifts, brains, assets of all kinds (else why would anyone care?); why were so many brilliant men alcoholic?","author":"Charles Jackson","tags":["alcohol","alcoholic","alcoholism","intelligence","talent"],"id":84917,"author_id":"Charles+Jackson"},{"text":"One weekend it rained for 48 hours without stopping. The rain beat like bony fingers against the window panes. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. Fungus was growing on the walls. I polished off a bottle of gin sitting huddled over the two-bar electric fire and wrote a poem, one of the few that has lasted through the moves and the years. It is called 'Where Can I Go?'If this is not the place where tears are understood where do I go to cry? If this is not the place where my spirits can take wing where do I go to fly?If this is not the place where my feelings can be heard where do I go to speak? If this is not the place where you’ll accept me as I am where can I go to be me? If this is not the place where I can try and learn and grow where can I go to laugh and cry?","author":"Alice Jamieson","tags":["acceptance","alcoholic","alcoholism","anoretic","anorexia","anorexic","cry","depression","learn","mental-health","poem","rejection","sadness"],"id":90278,"author_id":"Alice+Jamieson"},{"text":"An alcoholic is someone who can violate his standards faster than he can lower them.","author":"Robin Williams","tags":["addiction","alcoholic","alcoholism","standards"],"id":94505,"author_id":"Robin+Williams"},{"text":"You never know u r drunk until u wake up with a dickhead in the morning.","author":"vish patil","tags":["alcohol","alcoholic","drinking"],"id":109136,"author_id":"vish+patil"},{"text":"Alcohol does not solve problems but becomes a problem in itself.","author":"Amit Abraham","tags":["alcohol","alcoholic","alcoholism","problem"],"id":151427,"author_id":"Amit+Abraham"},{"text":"The alcoholic retains the ability to condemn his addiction and advise those not subject to it to avoid succumbing to the liquid poison. But the cocaine addict likes proselytizing; thus, instead of constituting a tangible warning, every victim of the drug acts as a source of infection.","author":"Pitigrilli","tags":["addiction","alcoholic","cocaine-addict"],"id":157180,"author_id":"Pitigrilli"},{"text":"There are worse ways to die than warm and drunk.","author":"George R.R. Martin","tags":["alcohol","alcoholic","death"],"id":172980,"author_id":"George+R.R.+Martin"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":32,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}