Today’s quotes are ones that may help a person suffering from any addiction. If you are suffering from an addiction, I hope you may give 12 Step recovery a try, as it’s the one thing that has helped many remain clean and sober from plenty of addictions for a very long time…
“The worst part about anything that’s self destructive is that it’s so intimate. You become so close with your addictions and illnesses that leaving them behind is like killing the part of yourself that taught you to survive.” (Lacey L.)
“When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That’s when the sparkle started for me.” (Mary K.)
“While we are in recovery we need to be able to strike a balance between not allowing our ego to do all the talking and not letting our low self-esteem to only present what is wrong with us.” (Noah L.)
“We must do away with any shred of denial, minimization, justification, or rationalization. To recover, we must completely and totally understand and accept the truth that addiction creates suffering.” (Noah L.)
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson