Dhammapada · 18.13
Surāmerayapānañca, yo naro anuyuñjati;Idhevameso lokasmiṃ, mūlaṃ khaṇati attano.
Suramerayapananca, yo naro anuyunjati; Idhevameso lokasmim, mulam khanati attano.
And whoever indulges in liquor and strong drink — that person, right here in this world, digs up his own root.
— Dhammapada 18.13
Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.