- Blanche Hunt: Ken recently had an affair with an actress. Oh - it wasn't Nicole Kidman or Glenda Jackson - she lives on a tugboat.
- Ross: [an AA meeting] ... and with God's help - or whoever it is up there whose keeping an eye on me - that's how it'll be for the rest of my life. And it will be.
- Blanche Hunt: Have you finished?
- Ross: ...Yes.
- Blanche Hunt: Can I ask you something?
- Howard Lee: Well we don't ___
- Blanche Hunt: They say that alcohol loosens the tounge. Well you must have took ten-to-the-douzen with drink inside you, or did you get tanked up ___
- Deirdre Barlow: Mother!
- Blanche Hunt: What?
- Deirdre Barlow: Don't be so rude!
- Blanche Hunt: Well I think he needs telling! I've never heard so much self-indulgent whinging in all my life!
- Ken Barlow: Blanche!
- Blanche Hunt: Is there some... correlation between how boring you are and how much you drink?
- Peter Barlow: Blanche, what we normally do at this point, is let other people in the group reflect on what the speaker has just said.
- Blanche Hunt: And what am I doing? Chewing corn for gummy parrots?
- Howard Lee: Ross was just trying to help those here with a drink problem, to see that they're not alone.
- Blanche Hunt: I'm surprised no-one's fallen asleep! I thought my tea tasted funny. What did you lace it with, ProPlus?
- Melanie: I found it very illuminating. Sorry my name's Melanie and I'm an alcoholic.
- [They all greet her]
- Melanie: No I did, I found it really interesting. I always do when you speak.
- Blanche Hunt: You want to get out more - wait 'till you try bingo - you'll hyperventilate.