1,286 Quotes About Addiction

What our culture lacks are honest messages about what it really means to be a healthy human being. Or how you make humans grow.

Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life. Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

Be honest with the Lord. If you’re afraid, say so. If you’re feeling abandoned, tell Him. He already knows every sin you’ve committed and He loves you anyway. Confess honestly. Beg for help. Converse with the Lord in reverence and respect, but not as if you were approaching a distant, uncaring being. Nothing could be further from the truth. All you have to do is reach out to feel the grasp of Christ’s hand.

Tend to the things that are killing you in the order in which they are killing you.

There is nothing more courageous than change, it requires all you've got to give, that's why they say, "Courage to change.

The greatest human fear is not of going broke, getting sick, or even dying. It’s fear of the unknown, not seeing down the road, behind the door, or what tomorrow may bring.

If that’s the case, I understand why emotions are hard for you. You’ve numbed yourself to make room for the grief you carry.

The main priority of everyone surrounding a highly narcissistic person is to ensure that they are looking after themselves, maintaining their own mental and physical health and wellbeing, before looking after the narcissist.

Update your version of me because I’m not the same person I was before. If you don’t get that, you don’t get me.