52 Quotes by Jeff Bauman

I realized I had to work on all aspects of my recovery, the spiritual, mental and physical.

Sometimes I think, 'Maybe I could have a drink or two.' But then I think about it, and I just don't want to. It's just not in the cards. I know what I feel like now that I don't drink. I know what it feels like not to be hungover, trying to put my legs on.

I took my hand off the pause button. I had my life on pause. You get stuck, especially when you're drinking and isolating. I started homing in on what I wanted to do as a person. Just try to grow up.

Isolation is huge when you go through something traumatizing. You tend to want to isolate and kind of hide in your hole and kind of just go away.

I'm a great father.

I don't drink and I don't party. And I take care of myself mentally, and that's huge.

I was still conscious when I was being transported from the blast site to the hospital.