“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”
- Attributed to Carl Bard, multinational manufacturer, developer and marketer of medical technologies
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
- Nelson Mandela, South African political leader, philanthropist and revolutionary
“Happiness is not to be found at the bottom of a bottle or from the tip of a needle; it is not to be found admist a cloud of smoke or within a sugar-coated pill. If you look for it in these places, you will find naught but despair.”
- Wayne Gerard Trotman, British filmmaker and composer
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”
- Albert Einstein, German-born physicist
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
- Joseph Campbell, American professor of literature
“Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
- Henry Ford, founder, Ford motor company
“Either you run the day, or the day runs you.”
- Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur and motivational speaker
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
- Michael Jordan, American basketball player
“All the suffering, stress, and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for. “
- Jon Kabat-Zinn, founder of MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction)
“I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: ‘Wait a minute – if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?’ And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.”
- Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American actor, author and television host
“No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.”
- Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician and mental health activist
“Ya think whiskey tastes good? Try a big cup of sobriety -- now that’s the good stuff!”
- Steven Tyler, American singer and entertainer
“Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it.”
- Kate Middleton, member of the British royal family
“Recovery is something you have to work on every single day and it’s something that doesn’t get a day off.”
- Demi Lovato, American pop singer and actress
“Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.”
- Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress
“I was in my mid-40s. I was a bulimic, and I realized if I continue with this addiction of mine, I will not be able to continue doing my life. The older you get the more damage it does; it takes longer to recover from a binge. And it was very hard.”
- Jane Fonda, American actress and activist
“She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.”
- Ellen Burstyn, American actress
“As one goes through life, one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.”
- Katharine Hepburn, American actress
“I didn’t work or do anything. I wouldn’t go out because I’d have to be in the car for 40 minutes without a drink. That’s all drugs and alcohol do; they cut off your emotions.”
- Ringo Starr, English drummer and vocalist
“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I have.”
- Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
“My identify shifted when I got into recovery. That’s who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else. It gives me a spiritual anchor.”
- Eric Clapton, English guitarist, singer and songwriter
“When the past calls, let it go to voicemail. Believe me, it has nothing new to say.”
- Unknown
