1,260 Quotes About Recovery

What if instead of heroically bursting from the fire, a weakened and traumatized bird rises awkwardly, just barely, careening through a wall of sky on fire, entirely uncertain of what fate awaits when it finally clears the smoke? Why can't this mess be a triumph? Why can't basic survival be a kind of glory? Why do we envision a pristine and painless resurrection - when the world shows us, time and time again, how messy these processes really are?

Instead of saying, "I'm damaged, I'm broken, I have trust issues" say "I'm healing, I'm rediscovering myself, I'm starting over.

Sometimes we self-sabotage just when things seem to be going smoothly. Perhaps this is a way to express our fear about whether it is okay for us to have a better life. We are bound to feel anxious as we leave behind old notions of our unworthiness. The challenge is not to be fearless, but to develop strategies of acknowledging our fears and finding out how we can allay them.

Recovery is as involuntary as sickness.

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. We were created to be victorious.

You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.

All I would like in my life, what I wish for so very much is to someday… become one of those people who is better than the worst thing that happens to her.

Months ago I shared my secrets with him and recognized the tenderness in his voice like I'd only given him more to love. Like a diamond that's been cut and now all its edges gleam.