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

Bob Balaban - Elliott Webley

“I swear to God, I can't stand them when they get drunk, and belive me I have learned that you do not want to mess with them when they get that way. You just gotta ride it out until it passes.”

Kristy McNichol - Patti Jean

“You ought to drink more. Nothing hurts when you're numb.”
Brian Keith - Jocko

“- Sheriff Andrew Kyle: Julia, are you drunk?
- Julia Tate Moon: Sheriff Kyle, you know I don't drink.”
Richard Bradford - Sheriff Andrew Kyle
Mary Steenburgen - Julia Tate Moon

“- Bisbee Marshal: Alex, have you been drinking this morning or not?
- Alex Potter, towndrunk: Marshal, you know I never touch a drop until the stroke of noon.”
Ford Rainey - Bisbee Marshal
Henry Jones - Alex Potter