Quotes About Recovery

Saw a sunken army who had spent fourteen years waging war on alcohol only to see alcohol win, and win big.

Jean tells me the drug dealers he used to work for are "completely against this program. They can control people in weak states and make money from them. If I was still in the criminal milieu, they could make me a killer, I would do anything." As he said this, I thought of Chino and Rosalio. "But now? No. I am lost for them.

It might look discouraging , but at every relapse, you learn something new.

Once I blazed across the sky, Leaving trails of flame; I fell to earth, and here I lie - Who'll help me up again? -A Shooting Star

Convalescence is a sort of grown-up rebirth, enabling us to see life with a fresh eye.

Know what happens when an individual declares bankruptcy and how it affects his or her life.

I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life.

The object of convalescence ought to be to turn our attention to life: at other times, simply to our tasks!

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

As a conquered rebellion strengthens a government, or as health is more perfectly established by recovery from some diseases; so anger, when removed, often gives new life to affection.

Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.

Make it look like your skin is not so angry at you for your bad life choices.

Replace perfectionism with persistence. After all, in recovery and life, it's persistence that really pays off. Forget about perfection.

One of the lowest points in my life was when I was diagnosed and combated with severe ulcerative colitis which is severe ulcers in you colon that bleed.

One appreciates that daily life is really good when one wakes from a horrible dream, or when one takes the first outing after a sickness. Why not realize it now?

Open-heart surgery is now part of a typical life experience for many people. Folks talk casually about 'having a stent put in,' as if they had their tires rotated.

Childhood is what you spend the rest of your life trying to overcome.

Going through a rough break-up? Nothing a little dance party with friends can't ease.

Europe is a woman, now middle-aged, who has already had a number of heart attacks and is currently experiencing the biggest health crisis of her life, but one that need not be fatal.

I'm one of 23 million Americans in recovery who have gone on to live productive lives.

I believe that all the important people in my life prior to 1982 were victimized by my illness

I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.

Doctors said 'go home and enjoy what little is left of your life'. He recovered.

People are resilient. After all, every person born has recovered from nine months on life support.