“How come alcohol never kills brain cells that make me want to drink?”

“How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink?” ~Anonymous” has been cited in print since at least September 2007 and has been reprinted on many websites. The authorship of the saying is unknown.
 
 
Alcoholipedia
How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink.
-  Author Unknown
     
SofaKingDrunk.com
Anonymous Drinking Quotes & Beer Quotes
Thursday, September 6, 2007
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“How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink?” ~Anonymous
     
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Plumbugracer
Oct 10 2007, 18:51
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and let’s not forget…“How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink?” ~Author Unknown
 
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Jimbo
10/11/07
Subject: Old Time AA
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11- How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink?
   
Google Books
Living Loaded:
Tales of Sex, Salvation, and the Pursuit of the Never-Ending Happy Hour
By Dan Dunn
New York, NY: THree Rivers Press
2011
Pg. 135:
After taking a long contemplative drag off one of the two Marlboros he had going simultaneously, he croaked, “If alcohol kills millions of fuckin’ brain cells, how come it never kills the ones that make me want to drink?”
 
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A few more Quotes, slogans, and sayings….
by Tami4497 » Sun Jan 02, 2011 11:56 am
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How come if alcohol kills millions of brain cells, it never killed the ones that made me want to drink? ~Author Unknown