“I couldn't face it...I couldn't face 'em, Wick, and all the questions...” – Don Birnam, The Lost Weekend ... Movie Quotes Database

[about meeting Helen's parents]

I couldn't face it...I couldn't face 'em, Wick, and all the questions they'd ask. I just couldn't do it, not cold. I had to have a drink first, just one - only the one didn't do anything to me.

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Don Birnam But then there are the ones who can't take it and can't leave it either. What I'm trying to say is, I'm not a drinker - I'm a drunk. They ought to put me away once. Don Birnam Stop it, Helen, stop it, stop it. I'm all right. I just can't talk. Please stop it! Don Birnam Come on, I need that liquor. I want it and I'm gonna get it. Do you understand? I'm gonna walk out of here with that quart of rye one way of another.