Quotes About Recovery

There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.

It is a lot of work being an addict. There's nothing harder than being an addict.

Being an addict is hard. It's something you have got for the rest of your life.

I've triumphed over addiction.

People who have never had an addiction don't understand how hard it can be.

It's an addiction... and addiction is something I should know something about.

I just hope by how I live my life every day that people can see there is another side to addiction. You can live with it and have a successful life.

I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.

Admit it America - 2008 was our national 'oops' moment!

I am an alcoholic. It took me a long time to admit that to myself. It took me a long time to admit it to my family, but I am.

Any guy would like to play being out for so long. You miss that adrenaline and everything that comes with it.

Broadchurch' has always been about the impact of crime, on all those affected.

Because if I am someone else for so many months, it affects me, physically, in my brain, in my being. So then I have to take care of that, and make myself more like me again.

After you have been incarcerated for so long, whatever story is told in the aftermath is beautiful.

I had a spate of being run over between the ages of 11 and 13. I was quite a rambunctious child, I had a little moped I used to ride illegally. I got hit by cars three times because I was a very day-dreamy kid.

I used to fight with hate. There's been a lot of aggression in my past growing up and stuff. That's because I was hurt myself.

I thought I would go out, and see if the air would make me feel any better.

Break-up albums are the best kind.

My second marriage had a lot to do with alcohol.

Alcohol is the cause of all my problems.

I think we have a problem with how we treat people and alcohol.

I know three people who have got better after a brain tumour. I haven't heard of anyone who's got better from Alzheimer's.

I played with high ankle sprains.

You never want to see anybody get hurt... but if you've ever played basketball before you've probably sprained your ankle so that stuff happens. It's part of the game.