A Quote by Mercedes McCambridge

Nobody understands that by the time the addiction has set in the alcoholic is mandated to drink ... he cannot not drink! Nobody wakes up in the morning and says, 'Jiminy Cricket, I feel sensational! My life is really in great shape! I think I'll become an alcoholic!' I firmly believe that when a shaking-to-pieces alcoholic says he needs a drink or he will die, he means it.

Mercedes McCambridge

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Mercedes McCambridge
American - Actress
March 16, 1916 - March 2, 2004

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H. L. Mencken

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Mitch Hedberg

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Jack London

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Phyllis Diller

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David Sedaris

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