“ I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was… Lawrence Block
“ If I could open a vein. Not to inject any shit, I will never weaken like that again, but just to feel the kick of it, the old memory. So this numbness lifts. So I could get back there easier. Joyce Carol Oates
“ In early sobriety I heard that if you have an idea after ten p.m., it is probably not a good idea—and this was before e-mail. Anne Lamott
“ Honesty. Sobriety. My virginity. No way to regain the first two, I almost gave away the last. Ellen Hopkins
“ Sometimes… Sometimes doubt is the opposite of faith, but sometimes doubt can be a pathway to faith. Sometimes weakness is the opposite of strength, but sometimes weakness can be the pathway to strengt… David W. Jones
“ I was angry at myself for my inclination to vice. I longed for the day when a state of frenzy would lead my mind to sober pasture, just as it had for Saint Augustine. I longed for the day when the lov… Roman Payne
“ The social prestige of wine at table and at the club must be destroyed through lofty example and polite ridicule; forces which are not always available, and for whose successful operation much time wi… H.P. Lovecraft
“ Be grateful. These feelings, no matter how painful, are part ofliving. Today, we are alive—not anesthetized, not sedated, not passedout. Take control of your feelings and through action you can change… Ann D. Clark
“ Just as others pray daily, you should think to yourself daily about what you can do to be closer to this Ideal Image. Think: "What can I do today to make my life better?" "What can I do to become more… Bucky Sinister
