Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help they have no hope.
I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.
Do not let your fire go out.
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.
The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish.
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.
Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach.
What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
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.
Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.
Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!
I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'
Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.
Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.
My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.
Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death.
It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality.
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