25 Movie Quotes about Alcoholism (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Feb 2, 2026

Memorable quotes about alcoholism, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 Why kid ourselves? He's a hopeless alcoholic.

Quote from The Lost Weekend (1945)

22 What I'm trying to say is I'm not a drinker. I'm a drunk. They had to put me away once. -He went to a cure. -Which didn't take.

Ray Milland as Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend (1945)

23 Good old prohibition days. Say you should have seen the joint then. This is nothing. Back then we really had a turnover. Standing room only.

Quote from The Lost Weekend (1945)

24 I knew there was a core of something... well there is a core, and now I know what it is. A sponge. And to soak it full you'll do anything that's ruthless, selfish, dishonest.

Jane Wyman as Helen St. James in The Lost Weekend (1945)

25 For some reason, and I have no idea why, Brandy always wanted to hang out with me.

Quote from Joe Dirt (2001)