20 quotes found
“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.”
“We exist to fully participate in the creation our own lives.”
“There's talk he's become emotionally unhinged.”
“She pulled off the highway and quickly changed into the burkha.”
“The world teaches us to be self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-motivating. But anytime we put self before Savior, were in trouble”
“We recognize that you've used substances to try to regain your lost balance, to try to feel the way you did before the need arose to use addictive drugs or alcohol. We know that you use substances ...”
“Who are we without our addictions; without our media-induced hungers? So often the voices we hear echoing in our mind are not our own but that of our influencers. Isolation, while arguably going ag...”
“Have you ever come out of a dramatic, chaotic situation and said, I did everything I could, and it wasnt enough?Thats because everything we can isnt enough. Its only enough when our everything join...”
“He's been injecting the anti-aging hormone into his wife.”
“He could still remember how the first sip of wine made him feel.”
“Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) does not work. Opiate addicts live in our communities and in our families & they work in our businesses.”
“If I had to offer up a one sentence definition of addiction, I'd call it a form of mourning for the irrecoverable glories of the first time...addiction can show us what is deeply suspect about nost...”
“This madman must be stopped.”
“Did she answer my email yet?' That's the new obesity.”
“We know that you don't want to be a drunk and you don't want to be hooked on addictive drugs. You do it because you can't cope with your life without some sort of support, even if that support is d...”
“...there is a saying used in twelve-step programs and in most treatment centers that "Relapse is part of recovery." It's another dangerous slogan that is based on a myth, and it only gives people p...”
“When we think we can manage our time, our circumstances, and our relationships without His help and inspiration, we know what unmanageability is.”
“Have you ever come out of a dramatic, chaotic situation and said, “I did everything I could, and it wasn’t enough?”That’s because “everything we can” isn’t enough. It’s only enough when our everyth...”
