“Honey, I usually get $300, but I like you, so I'll just take $200.” — Dianne Harman Copy Share Image
“A nation forgetting its own laughter is in a sad state of affairs” — Sherry Marie Gallagher Copy Share Image
“You did not lose if you lost things that made you lose yourself.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“Not much more than a broke disgrace who's hooked on tonics, so excuse him if his poker face has puke on it.” — Hannibal Lecture Copy Share Image
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“Like all sex and love addicts, I can feel someone’s attention and attraction from a hundred yards away—hell, I can feel them… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“But what really matters is what's under the hood, and without continued attention to routine maintenance and repairs, it isn't long before… — William Cope Moyers Copy Share Image
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“It is ethanol that everyone is after when they drink alcoholic beverages. That is what gives us the euphoric feeling, and that… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“We have to be diligent in seeking after God, emotionally attached and consciously aware of Him at all times. The desire for… — Etta Dale Hornsteiner Copy Share Image
“The advertise their products in such a fashion as to make it seem wonderful to drink their ethanol products. It does not… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“What [my patients] care about is my presence or absence as a human being. They gauge with unerring eye whether I am… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
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“My mind was spinning around this inflaming and infuriating thought: Why can’t I be a normal person who does normal things like… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“I chose to share both the good and the bad parts of my story, and of my imagination, so that it might… — Kimberly Nalen Copy Share Image
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“...there is a saying used in twelve-step programs and in most treatment centers that "Relapse is part of recovery." It's another dangerous… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“People often talk about crawling into the rooms of recovery on their knees, but when I turned to twelve-step for the second… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
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“My own sober dating plan is approximately three pages long, and it includes such items as “NO WEEKLONG FIRST DATES.” My plan… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Mom rubbed the back of my neck and we kept walking, away from the kids and the colors and the high-pitched, happy… — Amy Sargent Swank Copy Share Image
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“If those underlying conditions aren't treated, the return of those symptoms may cause us so much discomfort that we'll go back to… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“It was becoming evident to me that addiction is addiction is addiction—that all the ways in which people binge, hoard, numb, act… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“There is a prayer that we recite in those rooms that I love very much. It simply says, “Dear God—thank you for… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“Alcoholics Anonymous was proclaimed the correct treatment for alcoholism over seventy-five years ago despite the absence of any scientific evidence of the… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
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“Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) does not work. Opiate addicts live in our communities and in our families & they work in… — Steven Kassels Copy Share Image
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