Quotes About Sobriety

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

Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities.

My father was an alcoholic. I come from a family of them, so it's genetic luck or malfunction that I've ended up with no enzyme that processes it. I literally can't drink.

I have such a temperament that I cannot do anything in excess.

I appreciated her bluntness. Maybe it came with her sudden sobriety. Here she was back in the brightly lit world she had been avoiding for twenty years, and it was exactly as awful as she remembered it.

My experience through life has convinced me that, while moderation and temperance in all things are commendable and beneficial, abstinence from spirituous liquors is the best safeguard of morals and health.

Alcohol buoyed you up and it washed your eyes clean.

Nothing to extremes, everything in moderation.

Drevni Goti u Germaniji [...] - ima?ahu jedan mudar zajedni?ki obi?aj, naime, da o svakoj važnijoj stvari koja se ticala zajednice raspravljaju dvaput; i to - jednom kad su pijani, a drugi put u treznom stanju;- Pijani - da im savetovanje ne bude lišeno snage i odvažnosti;- atrezni - da ne bude lišeno razboritosti i opreznosti.

He was no longer young, and not yet old. Mentally and physically he was up there on a broad plateau of common sense and maturity and peak capability. He was not behind schedule. He was not speeding. He was not drunk. He

For an elder must be a man whose life cannot be spoken against. He must be faithful to his wife. He must exhibit self-control, live wisely, and have a good reputation. He must enjoy having guests in his home and must be able to teach. He must not be a heavy drinker or be violent. He must be gentle, peace loving, and not one who loves money. He must manage his own family well, with children who respect and obey him. (1 Timothy 3:2-4 NLT)

I always enjoy the day after a hangover. Each time it happens, it's my own little victory over the demon drink.

The word translated sober here is nepho, and it means to "be self-possessed under all circumstances.

I think better when Im not sober.

Whatever part drink may play in the writer's life, it must play none in his or her work.

Recovery is about purpose and meaning in life, not "sobriety" and meetings.

Don't drink to get drunk. Drink to enjoy life.

I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.

I think drugs and alcohol aren't a wrestling problem, it's a life problem, it's a people problem.

I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.

My life was a complete catatrophe. I was very, very sick from drugs and alcohol.

Drugs are horrible; I say no to drugs. I've never done drugs in my life.

The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.