“If I were you I'd give AA some thought. Alcoholism is a disease, you know.”

Bob Balaban - Elliott Webley

“- Helen Sinclair: I haven't had a drink since New Year's Eve.
- Sid Loomis: You're talking Chinese New Year's.
- Helen Sinclair: Naturally. Still, that's two days, Sid! You know how long that is for me?”
Dianne Wiest - Helen Sinclair
Harvey Forbes Fierstein - Sid Loomis

“- Don Birnam: It's too late. I wouldn't know how to start!
- Helen St. James: The only way to start is to stop!”

Ray Milland - Don Birnam
Jane Wyman - Helen St. James

- Charlie Anderson: Remember, if they ask you anything about your drinking, it's totally acceptable to say "I don't recall".
- Whip Whitaker: Hey, don't tell me how to lie about my drinking, okay? I know how to lie about my drinking. I've been lying about my drinking my whole life.
Bruce Greenwood - Charlie Anderson
Denzel Washington - Whip Whitaker

“I want a drink. I want a drink all the time. Sometimes I wake up in the morning, my eyes pop open and I think I gotta have a drink. A beer, a Bloody Mary, whatever. Even now, and I don't know why. I haven't had a drink in three years.”

Alec Baldwin - Dave Robicheaux