636 Quotes by Toni Sorenson

I could always tell when my mom drank because the corners of her mouth fell down. Alcohol took her smile. Strange, because I never drank, but it took mine too.

Alcohol left me an orphan and because of that, I left alcohol alone.

Only ten percent of your addiction can be linked back to genetics, the other 90 percent of the problem links back to choices you made.

It doesn't matter how much "they" want you to recover, if you don't want it, it's never going to happen.

It’s not when you start that you realize you’re addicted, it’s when you try to stop.

If addiction is the nightmare, is sobriety the dream? Depends on how awake you are.

Addiction doesn’t hurt you nearly as much as it hurts the ones who love you because you numb your pain, they don’t.

Think of recovery as Double D’s: deciding and doing. Deciding to recover is only a mindset. Doing the recovery is the real miracle.

Recovery is taking all twelve steps...over and over and over and over...