Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there's nothing exactly like it.
Say anything that you like about me except that I drink water.
Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.
Ain't fit for man nor beast
Variant: I was driven to drink by a woman. I am forever grateful, yet I never had the good manners to thank her.
How well I remember my first encounter with The Devil'ss Brew. I happened to stumble across a case of bourbon - and went right on stumbling for several days thereafter.