25 Quotes for Those Living with an Alcoholic Husband

These quotes for an alcoholic husband offer solace and understanding for those who have a husband struggling with alcohol addiction

25+ Alcoholic Husband Quotes

“Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness.” – Seneca

“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.” – Winston Churchill

“I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.” – Jim Carrey

“Drink because you are happy, but never because you are miserable.” – G.K. Chesterton

“Talking to a drunk person was like talking to an extremely happy, severely brain-damaged three-year-old.” – John Green, Paper Towns

“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I don’t need alcohol to see the world in its depths, I carry the sun in me.” – Lamine Pearlheart

“I like liquor – its tastes and effects – and that is just the reason why I’ll never drink it.” – Stonewall Jackson

“After the first glass, you see things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.” – Oscar Wilde

“Not drinking makes me a lot happier.” – Naomi Campbell

“When you quit drinking, you stop waiting.” – Caroline Knapp

“The day I became free of alcohol was the day that I fully understood and embraced the truth that I would not be giving anything up by not drinking.” – Liz Hemingway

“Always do sober what you said you’d do when you were drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut!” – Ernest Hemingway

“Money, like vodka, can play queer tricks with a man.” – Anton Chekhov

“As an alcoholic, you will violate your standards quicker than you can lower them.” – Robin Williams

“I do like to have fun. I don’t need alcohol to have fun.” – Rima Fakih

“That’s all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.” – Ringo Starr

“There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.” – Ovid

“She was the third beer. Not the first one, which the throat receives with almost tearful gratitude; nor the second, that confirms and extends the pleasure of the first. But the third, the one you drink because it’s there, because it can’t hurt, and because what difference does it make?” – Toni Morrison, Song of Solomon

“[I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of his lungs, laugh like a fool – it drives the man to dancing… it even tempts him to blurt out stories better never told.” – Homer, The Odyssey

“From the fool and the drunkard you may learn the truth.” – Modern Greek proverb

“A drink is shorter than a tale.” – Scottish proverb

“Life is important. There is nothing to hold onto. A man that drinks is throwing his life away. Don’t do it, hold on to your life. There is nothing else to hold on to.” – Tennessee Williams

“Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.” – Rob Lowe

Conclusion

Let these quotes be a source of strength and encouragement as you navigate the ups and downs of supporting your alcoholic husband, offering hope and resilience in the face of adversity.