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“As much as a child's birthday is important to a parent, as much as twenty one meant to me, a year in recovery means more.”
― David Sheff, Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

“Some protectors do eventually dissolve in their current manifestation. Cutting or purging stops. Addition to alcohol or drugs abates. Suicide plans become ideation and finally depart, although none of this happens as linearly as I have stated it. Often, they are first replaced by less harmful protectors, and then those may be able to transform, bringing helpful gifts. Most important for us ... is to welcome these parts, listen to them and let them become our guides ... They will have a better sense of pacing than we do because they are so connected to the wounded ones inside. As the ones in distress have less hold on thoughts, feelings, behaviors and relationships, we can know that less vigilance over the inner world is needed.”
― Bonnie Badenoch, The Heart of Trauma: Healing the Embodied Brain in the Context of Relationships

“Think we were both starting fires to see if any of them burned.”
― Juno Dawson, Clean

“The strength to sustain recovery can only come from the addict understanding and defining his circle of influence, from recognising that there are factors over which he can exert authority and control, and from taking responsibility for the outcome of his actions. The most effective way in which to regain a sense of internal control is to grasp at a very core level those events and circumstances - and biochemical balances - that caused the loss of control in the first place.”
― Morteza Khaleghi, The Anatomy of Addiction: Overcoming the Triggers That Stand in the Way of Recovery

“Addicts, in a very general but foundational sense, are constitutionally unable to put themselves first. They have spent their lives avoiding putting themselves first, hiding themselves and their problems behind habitual and destructive behaviours.”
― Morteza Khaleghi, The Anatomy of Addiction: Overcoming the Triggers That Stand in the Way of Recovery

“Why understanding the purpose of addiction matters: Because it explains why people with addictions are not weaker than people without addiction: people suffering with addictions put up with helplessness just like everyone else as long as it doesn’t involve major issues for them.”
― Lance Dodes, Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction

“My love of literature has always sustained me; more than alcohol, drugs, psychiatry and medication ever have or will.”
― Robbie Coburn

“To explain the metamorphosis that takes place in the process of recovery from addiction, we have to wait for that physiological change to occur -you can’t rush it, it will happen in its own time. Imagine trying to teach a caterpillar how to fly. The poor thing might listen, take flight lessons, watch butterflies darting around. But no matter how hard it tries, it won’t fly. Maybe we get frustrated because we know this whole day has it in him to become a butterfly. So we give him books to read, try to counsel him, scold him, punish him, threaten him, maybe even toss him up in the air and watch his flap his little legs before crashing back to earth. The miracle takes time, we must be patient. But just as it is natural and normal for caterpillars to become butterflies, So can we expect addicted individuals, given the appropriate care and compassion, to be transformed in the recovery process. The metamorphosis is nothing short of miraculous, as people who are desperately sick are restored to health and a “normalâ€� state of being. So don’t sit around feeling sorry for yourself, be grateful that you have a disease from which you can make a full recovery.”
― Katherine Ketcham, The Only Life I Could Save

“All addictions are primitive and negative manifestations of a person's deeper needs. They are a sign that the person longs for a soul connection and an everlasting bliss.”
― Pulkit Sharma, When the Soul Heals - Explorations in Spiritual Psychology

“We must dig deep inside our inner person and find that child who may have laid dormant for some time.”
― Asa Don Brown

“I had to find something, ANYTHING to distract myself from myself. But you can’t run from yourself forever. No matter where you go, you are always there. No matter what you do to avoid being with yourself, you’ll always come back around to having to face you again.”
― Rachel D. Greenwell, How To Wear A Crown: A Practical Guide To Knowing Your Worth

“Our liberation comes through a person, not a system of ideas and principles. "Everything we need for life and godliness" ultimately comes "through our knowledge of Jesus Christ" (2 Peter 1:3).”
― Edward T. Welch, Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave: Finding Hope in the Power of the Gospel

“Everyone Desires To Live A Fruitful Life!”
― Netheldia Sheree Porter, Something To Think About

“In recovery, we also put a great deal of emphasis on developing skills for stress management. As we have stated before, we are all subject to stress in our lives. We all consistently undergo the daily stresses of job or career, homemaking and maintaining relationships - many of us have developed healthy ways to mitigate the natural stress that comes with life. We take strenuous walks, enjoy long soaks in tubs of hot water, or schedule an evening out with friends when we feel the need for calm and peace and release.”
― Morteza Khaleghi

“Unfortunately, the stress management tool that addicts rely upon is their addiction itself, and in treatment, they need to replace newer, healthier skills to replace these old destructive habits.”
― Morteza Khaleghi, The Anatomy of Addiction: Overcoming the Triggers That Stand in the Way of Recovery

“Why understanding the purpose of addiction matters: Because it explains why people with addictions are not weaker than people without addiction: people suffering with addictions put up with helplessness just like everyone else as long as it doesn’t involve major issues for them.”
― Morteza Khaleghi, The Anatomy of Addiction: Overcoming the Triggers That Stand in the Way of Recovery

“I blindly swallowed the days

the way a dog will run until it is lost

and I was never here

the medication, closer to nothingness

than ever being well.”
― Robbie Coburn

“We know that if we eat a certain food, it will upset our digestion, but we still eat it. The way out is to beware of the superficial appearance. From outside, something may look very pleasant. But we have to look deeper and use that deep understanding to see the superficial aspects of the object of our desire. Our understanding can overcome our cravings.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Fidelity: How to Create a Loving Relationship That Lasts

“Sometimes we say, “I didn’t want to do it, but it’s stronger than me, it pushed me. So that is a seed, a habit energy, that may have come from many generations in the past.We can smile at our shortcomings, at our habit energy. With awareness, we have a choice; we can act another way. We can end the cycle of suffering right now.”
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Reconciliation: Healing the Inner Child

“Life should be lived daily despite the obstacles we may face.”
― Asa Don Brown

“The issue of addiction has spread like wildfire and it is affecting every corner of this globe”
― Asa Don Brown

“All out weird shit internally overlaps like techtonic plates, and we just wait for them to grind together, brace for the earthquake.”
― Juno Dawson, Clean

“Addiction is like a curse and until it is broken, its victim will perpetually remain in the shackles of bondage.”
― Oche Otorkpa

“God is still in the blessing business and my prayer is that He continues to do business with you”
― Anonymous Sinner, To And From Crack To Christ: A Sinner In Recovery

“Although a plethora of pharmaceutical-industry television commercials and magazine ads would have you believe otherwise, it is talking through the despair - from the mildest sadness to bona fide clinical depression - that is the most helpful way to alleviate and eliminate the root cause of the pain.”
― Morteza Khaleghi

“In a parent support group â€�...This is the miracle. We belong together because we are engaged in the same quest as we search for answers to our most anguished questions. In that journey, we reflect back to each other the meaning of our own experience. In telling the truth about myself, I discover the truth about myself. I have come to know myself in the honest, unashamed, unedited telling of my story. Like the others in the room, I let go of that vision of myself as someone who is holding it all together, who is in control. I let go, though not without some initial concern that I will be found out, that people will hide from me or laugh at me or feel superior to me. But my self-consciousness quickly fades away, because I am no longer lost. I am found. I am found within the circle of others through this community of fellow human beings who are hurting and afraid but fearless when it comes to admitting our need for help and support. This is where we belong, where we “fitâ€� We share our stories, and as we join our stories with others who are on the same journey, we discovered a story that is shared.. We are not alone.”
― Katherine Ketcham, The Only Life I Could Save

“Addiction is the pleasure island of our lives. Only a long swim or rescue will help us.”
― Trevor Carss

“It is beyond time to break away from punitive prohibitionist approaches that exacerbate the problem.”
― Gretchen Burns Bergman

“Think we were both starting fires to see if any of them burned.”
― June Dawson

“Moderation in effect isn't a restriction,
Its a way to mix a high & rationalization.”
― Giridhar Jaded, Let's Stir Some Thoughts