“Every year, our state and federal governments spend over $15 billion on substance-abuse treatment for addicts, the vast majority of which are… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
And let no one suppose that I claim that just living can be taught for, in a word, I hold that there… — Isocrates Copy Share Image
“People suffering with addictions as a rule tend to be well aware of the many “wrongs” they have committed. Awareness of this… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
Unlike some men, I had never drunk for boldness or charm or wit; I had used alcohol for precisely what it was,… — Frederick Exley Copy Share Image
“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
Mental health and sobriety is not a straight line, and 'Drag Race' is a family, and we support our family members through… — Trixie Mattel Copy Share Image
“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and sometimes I… — Tom Arnold Copy Share Image
(The new boyfriend) knows I write every day for hours but has no idea that all I’m writing about is me. It… — Augusten Burroughs 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
The image the Republicans have of themselves needs the image they have of the Democrats to bring it into sharp focus. The… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
The paintings that laughed at him merrily from the walls were like nothing he had ever seen or dreamed of. Gone were… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Having a moment of clarity was one thing; I'd had moments like that before. It had to be followed with a dedicated… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“Picking them up and reading them, I felt sadness do deep that it will never really be gone. It was a sobering… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“I wish the world would stop being so judgmentally controlling because my minds sobriety sure could use some drugs to handle your… — Zachary Koukol Copy Share Image
“Lead's erasing then vanishing Banished from whatever it is they're drinking and it's cleaned Running from the pitcher as if it's her… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I help tons of people through their sobriety and getting help, but not because I have lived it but because I love… — Michelle Visage Copy Share Image
“Once an apprentice has eliminated fear, he settles back into a state of complete sobriety in which all is brought into sharp… — Théun Mares Copy Share Image
