“It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.”

“We, as a society, have arbitrarily differentiated between acceptable and unacceptable drug addictions.”

“I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within ...”

“Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.”

“Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.”

“Never be afraid to raise your voice for honesty and truth and compassion against injustice and lying and greed. If people all over the world...would do this, it would change the earth.”

“Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly and deceitful attack upon peoples humanity but they can put out the correct, factual, scientifi...”

“It's just as important to be around people that influence stable mental health as it is working towards it.”