Words of Wisdom

A list of quotes and sayings that can help you stay sober, or inspire you to keep going. Unfortunately, I do not know the authors of most of these, but if you do, please let me know so I can credit them.

Patience is key. Trust the process.

I didn’t know rock bottom had a basement

Sobriety delivers what alcohol promises

When you’re sober, you no longer are the person you’re drinking because of

Nothing changes if nothing changes

There is no problem I have that alcohol can’t make worse

It’s incredible how much harm this disease has caused and how much it has taken from you, yet you’re still finding it excuses

20 miles into the forest, 20 miles out

Something bad didn’t happen every time I drank, but every time something bad happened, I had been drinking.

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. — Ernest Hemingway

If you stand with one leg in the past and one leg in the future, you’re pissing on today.

You didn’t come this far to only come this far.

If you don’t learn to say no, then your mind and body will.

The only true apology is changed behavior.

I use the pain, I use the fear, the shame, the guilt, the anger, I use it all to keep going. To make sure I continue. Lune - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours - it is an amazing journey - and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins. - Bob Moawad

I don’t need easy. I just need possible. - Bethany Hamilton

Healing hurts… but not as bad as staying sick.

You’re playing Russian roulette. And because of your genetics, your family history, you’re playing with 3 bullets loaded in the gun. - Brennan Lee Mulligan

Life wasn’t life 2 years ago — I was simply a vessel for my addiction to live in. Today I experience life. The good, the bad and everything inbetween. - u/Soberdot

Quitting an addiction won’t open the gates of heaven and let you in, but it will open the gates of hell and let you out.

Discovering that it’s never too late to have a happy childhood. Learning that forgiveness is when I accept that the past is as good as it will ever be. Accepting that everyone experiences trauma…. Starting with being born. Noticing that the only time life is a problem’ is when I “don’t like” some person, place or situation, and then realizing that I decide what I “like” or “don’t like”. Accepting that I, myself am the problem and that’s Really Great news! Because I can change me. And the Big Secret: it’s not that happiness makes me grateful.. but rather Gratefulness makes me happy. - u/Prevenient_grace

Certain types of people can’t drink; I’m one of them. - Craig Ferguson

If my depression wants me dead, it’d better start shutting down my organs like a real disease instead of hiding in my brain like a coward.

When I’m having a good time I’m not moderating. When I’m moderating I’m not having a good time.