“Going to rehab” is likewise a common refrain in music and film, where it is almost always uncritically presented as the one… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“AA has managed to survive, in part, because members who become and remain sober speak and write about it regularly. This is… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Peer-reviewed studies peg the success rate of AA somewhere between 5 and 10 percent. That is, about one of every fifteen people… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
I was every Londoner's stereotypical idea of a brash, vulgar American. When I got here, it turned out that London was the… — Toby Young Copy Share Image
“There is nothing inherently wrong with apologizing to those who have been harmed, directly or indirectly, by the consequences of addiction. The… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Stopping drinking and drugging didn't suddenly solve my problems - not even close - but it did clear a little spot on… — Gregory P. Smith Copy Share Image
There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“He also found himself increasingly resentful of the “tally system” that AA uses to measure sobriety: every time he “slipped” and had… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“I think resentment is when you take the poison and wait for the other person to die” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Can you see that meetings and centers that don't address the real causes of dependency are almost certain to be little or… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
Basically I got an insight into what it really was through Alcoholics Anonymous. One day the switchboard lit up and I saw… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
The only thing I'm addicted to is winning. This bootleg cult, arrogantly referred to as Alcoholics Anonymous, reports a 5 percent success… — Charlie Sheen Copy Share Image
“...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
Government doesn't work. You work, I work, Federal Express works, Microsoft works, the Salvation Army works, Alcoholics Anonymous works, but government doesn't. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I really needed to dramatize and clarify that Rachel was taking strides towards her own healing and her own sobriety - and… — Erin Cressida Wilson Copy Share Image
Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I hate alcoholics and AA (alcoholics anonymous). If you can't drink responsibly, don't drink at all. Don't go to meetings, whine about… — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
