174 Quotes About Addiction-and-recovery

Life should be lived daily despite the obstacles we may face.

It is beyond time to break away from punitive prohibitionist approaches that exacerbate the problem.

I blindly swallowed the daysthe way a dog will run until it is lostand I was never herethe medication, closer to nothingnessthan ever being well.

We recognize that you've used substances to try to regain your lost balance, to try to feel the way you did before the need arose to use addictive drugs or alcohol. We know that you use substances to alter your mood, to cover up your sadness, to ease your heartbreak, to lighten your stress load, to blur your painful memories, to escape your hurtful reality, or to make your unbearable days or nights bearable.

To stay true to ourselves and remain kind to others is an art. It does require daily vigilance and, at the same time, it’s important to remember that art can often get messy.

Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.

Think we were both starting fires to see if any of them burned.

Honey, I usually get $300, but I like you, so I'll just take $200.

He's been injecting the anti-aging hormone into his wife.