“When I was about nine, my siblings and I fell out of our moving van at an intersection. My dad didnt notice for about five blocks. It was back before seat belts. It was also back before parents use...”

“There are millions of people out there who live this way, and their hearts are breaking just like mine. Its okay to say, My kid is a drug addict or alcoholic, and I still love them and Im still pro...”

“The decision-making part of the brain of an individual who has been using crystal meth is very interesting. When Carly and Andy were in their apartment, they ran out of drugs. They sold every singl...”

“I thought over and over about what I was going to do when Carly overdosed and died. How would we go on? And then I knew: I wouldnt go on. And then I realized that it was just going to be too painfu...”

“I felt empty and sad for years, and for a long, long time, alcohol worked. Id drink, and all the sadness would go away. Not only did the sadness go away, but I was fantastic. I was beautiful, funny...”

“I felt empty and sad for years, and for a long, long time, alcohol worked. I’d drink, and all the sadness would go away. Not only did the sadness go away, but I was fantastic. I was beautiful, funn...”

“I bought salvation from a man on the street. He said, "Go down to the beach and let the waves wash your feet.”

“We all have those things that help us carry on through life. It is important that these things upon which we depend for daily strength are healthy for our character rather than harmful. We must ask...”

“God made you for His pleasure. And He made you intrinsically needy and dependent on His unspeakable joy. If you are struggling with sin our addiction, dont try to kill your appetite for pleasure. I...”

“There is no in between, we all have to touch our own bottom.”

“Maybe if I had gone on like that I could have stopped myself in time. Maybe at that point I still had it in me to come through.”

“I've done everything. All of it. You think it, I've done it. All the things you never dared, all the things you dream about, all the things you were curious about and then forgot because you knew y...”

“Jesus Christ, it's like living with Stevie bloody Nicks,' I said, 'only without the cocaine, which would be more fun.”

“There was a thing called Heaven; but all the same they used to drink enormous quantities of alcohol."..."There was a thing called the soul and a thing called immortality."..."But they used to take ...”

“Happiness is my drug of choice.”