Recovery Quotes
We can and we must do better as prolonged recovery is now an achievable result of comprehensive addiction treatment.
Cost recovery is the polite way of saying, make families pay to educate their children.
The pursuit of the vibrant seems to be the universal job description of the nation's city planners nowadays. It is also part of the Obama administration's economic recovery strategy for the nation.
If his/her siblings and parents are not treated and he/she is strong enough to continue the recovery, a sibling will take up the "druggie" role.
There are only two states of being in the world of codependency - recovery and denial.
Recovery culture teaches you that you have to repent. I don't think that's necessary.
Willpower, though important in its own way, is never enough. In order for you to be truly powerful, you must open up and trust in something beyond yourself—something you cannot prove for certain.
You can't defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you.
The unavoidable has touched the life of every human being on the face of the earth. Some have rebounded, others have given up--but all of us have felt the wings of tragedy brushing against us.
Eating disorder recovery becomes possible when you keep making the next right decision over and over. With time, these decisions become automatic.
You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.
Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it's because no matter what, I am a survivor NOT a victim.
My only choice was to fight my way out, even if I didn't think I would make it.
Recovery doesn't mean putting your life on hold. Recovery means holding on so you can live your best life.
Soon, when all is well, you're going to look back on this period of your life and be so glad that you never gave up.
A huge part of recovery and life -is slowing down and accepting the unKNOWN. This is how you get to KNOW –yourself.
Whatever you did today is enough. Whatever you felt today is valid. Whatever you thought today isn't to be judged. Repeat the above each day.
I have gained wisdom from leaning into my pain, in not allowing the hounds of hell to snap at my heels anymore. Now I turn around, call them by name, and let them know I am prepared to fight.
I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.
This rose of pearl-coated infinity transformsthe diseased slums of a broken heartinto a palace made of psalms and gold.
Resentment is like a drug. Once you pick it up, it will only get worse and worse until you surrender and do the work to let it go.
There's always something in it for the person who is allowing to be taken advantage of." Psychotherapist David in Type 1 Sociopath
See it for what it is and own it, rather than rethink it so you don't have to deal with the trauma of the abuse. This is the only way to move on--through acceptance.
Adversity is neither friend nor foe. It is a common acquaintance that is desired less and rewarded most when embraced.
Overcoming abuse doesn't just happen, It takes positive steps everyday. Let today be the day you start to move forward.
you will perhaps missthe part of you that is gonebut do not fear:all is for the best in the worldand soon you will not realize it is gone:you have either forgotten it entirely orit has come backalive
ligion is the opiate of the masses." "I did masses of opiates religiously.
A bridge of silver wings stretches from the dead ashes of an unforgiving nightmareto the jeweled vision of a life started anew.
No matter how smart we may think we are, no matter how committed we are to our truth, we can lose our way.
You’ve climbed too many mountains and crossed too many rivers to stop and turn back now.
Everywhere we shine death and life burn into something new…
It’s worth burning myself out like a matchso long as others receive the light and warmth I dispatch.
We must be content to grow slowly. Most of us will still barely be at the beginning of our recovery by the time we die. But that is better than killing ourselves pretending to be healthy.
We are more than our traumaWe are not our diagnosisWe are more than the worst thingsthat have ever happened to us
Some stories won't have a happy ending, but there's always hope that the next one will. Hope is everything. Even when there's nothing else. Especially when there's nothing else.
Dad thinks I'm ready to fly around the country as the Ambassador of Hope, but Mom thinks I'm a frail little bird with broken wings.
My father is using me as a message of hope. My sister is using me as a message of fear.I don't want to be used by anybody.
Even when everything hurts, even when other cities are exploding and people we love are disappearing, there’s still space for sweet things.
With every step we take we have a choice to make. Our choices determine our actions. Our actions determine who we are.
and tonight we held each other, one last time, like a dance to aslow songon an empty floor, underneath a singledisco ballin front of no oneat all
Your transformation will begin the moment you stop worrying for someone rise to rescue you.