Alcohol is a very patient drug. It will wait for the alcoholic to pick it up one more time.

Most people call me Mercy. I like it

the Irish ... are full of the fear of the Lord and the joy of living, and they don't know how to combine the two, but they'll sure have a good time trying.

I am rich from the bequests other gifted people have seen fit to leave to me.

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up and it was getting closer to my turn, I knew that when I got into the box I would lie! Again!

I am responsible for no one but myself.

There are zillions of people who say that alcoholism is a disease, but not many of them believe it