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- The Great Gatsby
Back then, all of us drank too much. The more in tune with
Cada cual tiene su alcohol. Tengo alcohol suficiente con existir. Borracho de sentirme, vagabundeo y voy seguro.
Fernando Pessoa • Libro del desasosiego
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No one who drank as I did wakes up on the edge of the abyss one morning and says: Things look pretty scary; I think I’d better stop drinking before I fall in. I was convinced I could go as far as I wanted, and then climb back out when it wasn’t fun anymore.
A.A. World Services Inc • Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition
Pour yourself a generous measure of neat spirit. Before you drink it, take time out to close your eyes and make a solemn vow that it will be your last ever alcoholic drink. Concentrate on the foul taste, and ponder on how you were once conned into paying a fortune just to pour that filthy poison down your throat.
Carr Allen • Allen Carr's Easy Way to Control Alcohol
When offered wine, Samuel Johnson declined, explaining, “Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.”
regaled himself with moderation at the nearest tavern until it was nearly dusk,