Quotes for All
My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That’s who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I’m down on the ground with my disease-which I’m happy to have-it gets me … Read more
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present. Eleanor Roosevelt
If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere. Frank A. Clark
Life is very interesting… in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. Drew Barrymore
No God, no peace; know God, know peace. Croft M. Pentz
I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: ‘Wait a minute – if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?’ And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk. Craig Ferguson
Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism. Carl Jung
Do not let your fire go out … Do not let the Hero in your soul perish … Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. Ayn Rand
What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood. Alice Miller
Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users. Ralph Nader