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Quotes For Some Inspiration

“Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it’s like a rat in a maze. We all want the same thing. We all have this hole. The thing you want offers relief, but it’s a trap.” – Tess Callahan
“Addiction: the disease that makes you too selfish to see the havoc that you created or care about the people whose lives you shattered.”
“Addictions … started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, show you things you hadn’t seen, and were fun. But came, through some gradual dire alchemy, to make decisions for you. Eventually, they were making your most crucial life decisions. And they were … less intelligent than goldfish.” – William Gibson
“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” ― Fred Rogers
“Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.” ― Oprah Winfrey
“I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: ‘Wait a minute. If I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?’ And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.” – Craig Ferguson
“If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.” – Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” – Robert Collier
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” ― Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral's Kiss
You are worthy. You are allowed to struggle. You are allowed to talk. You are not alone. What happened does not define you. What happened was not your fault. You deserve to take up space. It's ok to be the way you are right now. It is understandable that you felt the way you felt.