44 Quotes About Rehab

In rehabilitation there is no elevator. You have to take every step meaning one step at a time.

Now is now. There is nothing but now... This, right here, is all there is.

Many people would love to change others, or they wished they can change their spouses. How do you know it's not them but you who needs a change?

At the bottom of every person's dependency, there is always pain, Discovering the pain and healing it is an essential step in ending dependency.

I’ve been married but I’m not anymore. And I still believe in love.

Whether I or anyone else accepted the concept of alcoholism as a disease didn't matter; what mattered was that when treated as a disease, those who suffered from it were most likely to recover.

And it hits me, the reason for all the metaphors in recovery. Because the bald truth would be too terrifying. What she's saying is I may need an all-new career and all-new friends. 85

Procrastination has been a boon to my sobriety. I keep thinking I'd like to go out and get really trashed some night--but not tonight. It's really a variant of "One Step at a Time.

To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.