Quotes About Recovery

I want somebody else to say, 'Man, that 'Back 2 Life' album got me through. There were songs that really empowered me to get out of my safe zone or to leave that abusive relationship or made me feel confident.'

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. ... I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.

Be willing to have it so; acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?

When things come to the worse, they generally mend.

Both choices are painful, but only one is therapeutic.

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunder-storm is to the air.

An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

No matter what has happened, always behave as if nothing had happened.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

Life is a series of relapses and recoveries.

Resentment is the "number one" offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else. From it stem all forms of spiritual disease, for we have been not only mentally and physically ill, we have been spiritually sick.

There is no grief which time does not lessen and soften.

Grief is itself a med'cine.

It is well to lie fallow for a while.

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you.

So now I'm left with cigarettes, and I'm trying to scrape that off my shoe and then I'll be done.

When I close my eyes, I still see things no one should ever experience: a bright red light, the black cloud soon after, people running in every direction trying desperately to escape - I remember it all.

I'm all about the cold tub. I'm big on the ice bath, being able to soak in there and let your body heal.

I had tuberculosis in my mid-20s. I didn't have much work, was living in a damp London basement in a sleeping bag, and ate only every other day. I looked rough and felt very run down.

I had open heart surgery, exploratory surgery in my stomach, bilateral chest tubes... all this stuff.

I was in NYC during 9/11; it happened on a Tuesday, I was on stage Thursday. It was a small crowd, but it took about 10 days and comedy clubs were packed.