Her parents were gone - mother to the hospital, father to the bottle.
Sometimes that's a problem with little ones like her, but she took right to the bottle.
Then he raised his head and pointed to the bottle.
It was thinking of the past that drove him to the bottle.
He set his glass on the tray next to the bottle.
A great beginning for a job and one clearly designed to drive a stronger man than me to the bottle.
How do we know you won't turn to the bottle when faced with a serious crisis?
That adds up to nearly two million bottles each year.
For a while the issue is in doubt, because he goes back to the bottle and apparently gives up on everything.
He got up, walked around the bed to the bottle of bourbon.