Baptized Quote by Anne Lamott

The grief and tears didn't wash me away. They gave me my life back! They cleansed me, baptized me, hydrated the earth at my…

— Anne Lamott

In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me.

— Sia

“Be grateful. These feelings, no matter how painful, are part of living. Today, we are alive—not anesthetized, not sedated, not passed out. Take control…

— Ann D. Clark

The thing that drove me, and the thing that still drives me today to stay sober is all the blessings that have come into…

— Nita Strauss

Everything good in my life can be traced back to my mother's sobriety. She showed me that broken people can - with the help…

— Peter Hedges

“Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and…

— Ray A

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.

— Bill W

“My loss of faith in God had, after all, neatly coincided with the beginning of my drug use when I was 15. Perhaps this…

— Carl-John X Veraja

I was glad to be sober, but after ninety days, people weren't patting me on the back anymore, sayin', 'Good job on the sobriety!…

— Chris Farley

Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life.

— Colin Farrell

The first year I was sober was probably the worst year of my life. My immune system was screwed. I completely isolated myself. I…

— Corey Taylor

“Picking them up and reading them, I felt sadness do deep that it will never really be gone. It was a sobering moment-- sobering…

— David Levithan