Anybody out there reading this: Drugs are a (bleeping) cop-out. … I remember that ad they used to have out about cocaine that said “Cocaine is a lie.” Well, it’s all a lie. Liquor: You figure your prefrontal lobe is the first part of your brain that alcohol affects. That’s also the part of your brain that decides whether you’re gonna take another drink or not. So it’s just a loaded game.

I must sound like a damn goody-two-shoes, but I’ve been clean 15 years in November, and I’ve never felt better in my life. - Gregg Allman