159 Quotes by Christopher Dines

Compulsively saying “Sorry” is often a reflection of wanting to apologize for our very existence. I used to say the word ‘sorry’ when there was no need for me to do so. It became a habit and reflected my chronic toxic shame, low self-worth and low self-esteem.

For many emotionally wounded addicts, the idea of grieving is a daunting prospect. To regularly grieve does require courage and a desire to heal – but rest assured; the resulting gains from these efforts are profound.

Get rid of the idea that to own money or to be associated with it is “dirty” or “greedy” or “non-spiritual.

We are not going through an “economy crisis”; we are going through a “spiritual transition”. On a deeper level, the collective conscious of humanity is awakening.

Between the ages of 10 and 21, my thoughts were consumed with how to escape reality – how to mask my feelings of inadequacy, shame, guilt, fear, abandonment, rage and loneliness.

People who often talk about showing a ‘stiff upper lip’ are choosing to suffer in silence, isolating themselves from others and destroying a chance to be authentic and sincere. I have spent time with many male recovering addicts who have healed as a result of talking about their emotional pain and depression. Some of them fought in the first and second wars in Iraq; they are physically hard men and are certainly not ‘weak’.