Sobriety Quotes

• There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

  John Ciardi

  Drinking, Beer, Moderation

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• I keep telling people: Don't make me the poster boy for AA because I don't know a lot about sobriety, but I do know a lot about drinking.

  Billy Joel

  Inspirational, Drinking, Boys

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• Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

  Pythagoras

  Inspirational, Strength, Passion

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• Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening. If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life - the one that did not work - for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever.

  Bill W.

  Spiritual, Doe, New Life

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• Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.

  Rob Lowe

  Recovery, Addicts In Recovery, Greatest Gifts

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• Change happens when the pain of holding on becomes greater than the fear of letting go.

  Spencer Johnson

  Life, Change, Letting Go

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• You know, a lot of people feel that sobriety is about just stopping using whatever it was that you appeared to be addicted to, but it really has to do with a way of looking at your life and taking accountability.

  Bonnie Raitt

  People, Accountability, Stopping

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• Your moment of clarity comes when you face your fears. Sobriety gave me back me - my life. Self-medication kills you slowly. You can never get a handle on that. It's a highly destructive force that has to be dealt with on a spiritual level as much as a physical one.

  Chaka Khan

  Spiritual, Self, Levels

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• Ya think that the whiskey tastes good? Try a big cup of sobriety - now that is the good stuff!

  Steven Tyler

  Thinking, Trying, Stuff

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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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• We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.

  Bill W.

  Revolutionary, Individual, Outlook

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• Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn't end there.

  Bucky Sinister

  Inspirational, Recovery, Guy

  Bucky Sinister (2008). “Get Up: A 12-step Guide to Recovery for Misfits, Freaks, and Weirdos”, p.168, Conari Press

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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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• Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself. I don't put it on a platform. I don't campaign about it. It's just something that works for me. It enabled me to really connect with another human being - my wife, Sheryl - which I was never able to do before.

  Rob Lowe

  Wife, Able, Campaigns

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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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• The thing is, if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything.

  Matthew Perry

  Inspirational, Ifs

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. January 24, 2007.

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• My main focus in sobriety has been to replace fear with faith or love.

  Steve-O

  Inspirational, Focus, Has Beens

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

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• Sobriety, severity, and self-respect are the foundations of all true sociality.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Respect, Self, Society

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• So the opposite of addiction is not sobriety. It is human connection.

  Johann Hari

  Opposites, Addiction, Connections

  "The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered, and It Is Not What You Think". www.huffingtonpost.com. January 20, 2015.

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• The challenge of course is in sobriety and that's been the blessing, to realize, to take accountability for the ways that your own thinking impacts your happiness, and your serenity, and your ability to be a productive and a loving, giving member of your family and society.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Blessing, Thinking, Impact

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• It took a great deal of acceptance to come to terms with being an alcoholic, but the acceptance was key to my sobriety. If I had not gained acceptance at that time in my life, I would not be standing here today.

  Dennis Eckersley

  Acceptance, Keys, Today

  "Finishing speech a great relief to Eck / Closer brings tears during emotional gathering" by John Shea, www.sfgate.com. July 26, 2004.

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• Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Gratitude

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “George Bernard Shaw: Collected Articles, Lectures, Essays and Letters: Thoughts and Studies from the Renowned Dramaturge and Author of Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Pygmalion, Arms and The Man, Saint Joan, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion”, p.309, e-artnow

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• It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.

  Bill W.

  Spiritual, Religious, Acceptance

  Robert Fitzgerald, Ed Dowling, Bill W. (1995). “The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S. J. and Bill Wilson in Letters”, p.32, Hazelden Publishing

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• Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Happiness, Smile, Laughter

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• There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

  Mary Karr

  Inspirational, Dream, Succeed

  "Mary Karr, Alcoholic Mother, Recalls Shame of Addiction" by Sean Dooley and Shana Druckerman, abcnews.go.com. April 27, 2010.

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