Addicts In Recovery Quotes - Page 2

• It is 10 years since I used drugs or drank alcohol and my life has improved immeasurably. I have a job, a house, a cat, good friendships and generally a bright outlook.

  Russell Brand

  Jobs, Recovery, Cat

  "Russell Brand: my life without drugs". www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2013.

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• When you can stop you don't want to, and when you want to stop, you can't.

  Luke Davies

  Recovery, Overcoming Addiction, Alcohol

  "Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction". Book by Luke Davies, June 16, 1998.

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• Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

  Louisa May Alcott (2009). “Work: A Story of Experience: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.305, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Funny, New Year, Drinking

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2011). “On Booze (New Directions Pearls)”, p.92, New Directions Publishing

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Addiction should never be treated as a crime. It has to be treated as a health problem. We do not send alcoholics to jail in this country. Over 500,000 people are in our jails who are nonviolent drug users.

  Ralph Nader

  Country, Jail, People

  "Nader Endorses Legal Marijuana". Associated Press, www.nytimes.com. September 09, 2000.

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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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• I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me - spiritually and financially.

  Denzel Washington

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.

  Gary Oldman

  Inspirational, Children, Recovery

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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  The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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• Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

  Bill Cosby

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

  Carl Jung

  Drinking, Recovery, Overcoming Addiction

  Memories, Dreams, Reflections ch. 12 (1962)

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• Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach.

  Ayn Rand

  Lonely, Hero, Recovery

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.817, Hamilton Books

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

  David Bowie

  Clever, Fear, Recovery

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• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook - a Treasury of the Wisdom of the Ages". Book edited by Dorothy Carnegie, 1983.

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• It is not length of life, but depth of life.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Life, Birthday

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters and Social Aims”, p.191, Harvard University Press

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• The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

  Ayn Rand

  Travel, Women, Real

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• Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Why democracy will last". Margaret Thatcher's second Carlton Lecture at the Carlton Club in central London, www.margaretthatcher.org. November 26, 1984.

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• Do not let your fire go out ... Do not let the Hero in your soul perish ... Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

  Ayn Rand

  Real, Hero, Recovery

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2269, Penguin

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• Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

  Dale Carnegie

  Funny, Faith, Time

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.372, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not let the hero in your soul perish.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Hero, Recovery

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2269, Penguin

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• Do not let your fire go out.

  Ayn Rand

  Recovery, Fire, Overcoming Addiction

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.817, Hamilton Books

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