“If there’s a bar where everybody knows your name, you’re probably an alcoholic”

“If there’s a bar where everybody knows your name, you’re probably an alcoholic” is a jocular saying that has been printed on GIFs.” The American television sitcom Cheers (1982-1993) took place in a bar and had the popular theme song line, “Where Everybody Knows Your Name.” 
 
”Go to a bar where everyone knows your name. This does not mean that you are a popular person. This means that you are probably an alcoholic” was printed in a 2000 book. “If you actually go to a bar where the people are and everyone knows your name… congratulations, you’re an alcoholic!” was cited on Twitter on July 2, 2010.
 
“If there’s a bar where everybody knows your name you’re probably an alcoholic” was cited on Twitter on March 4, 2014, when it went viral.
 
         
Wikipedia: Cheers
Cheers is an American sitcom that ran for eleven seasons between 1982 and 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC and created by the team of James Burrows, Glen Charles, and Les Charles. The show is set in a bar named Cheers (named after the popular toast) in Boston, Massachusetts, where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show’s main theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy, and co-written with Judy Hart Angelo, lent its famous refrain “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” as the show’s tagline.
 
Google Books
563 Stupid Things Stupid People Do to Mess Up Their Lives
By Larry Samuel
New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press
2000
Pg. ?:
Go to a bar where everyone knows your name.
This does not mean that you are a popular person. This means that you are probably an alcoholic.
 
Twitter
B.E. Kyser
‏@BEKyser
If you actually go to a bar where the people are and everyone knows your name… congratulations, you’re an alcoholic!
12:51 PM - 3 Jul 2010
 
Twitter
Autumn Smith
‏@miss_smiley10
If u go to a bar where everybody knows your name, you’re clearly an alcoholic lol
9:37 AM - 10 Feb 2011
 
Twitter
my business
‏@JalepenoMonkey
if you’re going to bar where everyone knows your name, good chance you’re an alcoholic #cheers
8:47 AM - 2 Apr 2011
 
Twitter
Luis Villarrreal
‏@skuizi
If there’s a bar where everybody knows your name you’re probably an alcoholic…  It the bar tender.
7:56 PM - 4 Mar 2014
 
Twitter
Men’s Humor
‏@MensHumor
If there’s a bar where everybody knows your name, you’re probably an alcoholic.
4:00 PM - 26 Jun 2014
 
reddit
If you go to a bar where Everyone knows your name, You’re either a bartender or an alcoholic.
October 14, 2014 by WorrDragon