Quotes tagged ‘Recovery’

“I felt something else: initiated, aglow. The whole world stood accused: You never told me it felt this good.”

— Leslie Jamison, nytimes.com

“Sometimes there are no words, no clever quotes to neatly sum up what's happened that day. Sometimes you do everything right, everything exactly right, and still you feel like you failed. Did it need to end that way? Could something have been done to prevent the tragedy in the first place? Eighty-nin…”

— Edward Allen Bernero, Aaron Hotchner, Thomas Gibson, imdb.com

“The story of getting better can be just as compelling as the story of falling apart.”

— Leslie Jamison, vulture.com

“I was afraid that loving the drunk story best meant some part of me still wanted to keep living it. And of course, some part of me did.”

— Leslie Jamison, nytimes.com

“It was liberating to start imagining that there could be meaningful stories told about wreckage, sure, but also meaningful stories told about what it might mean to pull yourself out from under it: stories about showing up for work, for intimacy, for other people; stories about getting through ordina…”

— Leslie Jamison, nytimes.com

“The lie wasn't that addiction could yield truth. The lie was that addiction had a monopoly on it.”

— Leslie Jamison, nytimes.com

“He couldn't stand me being sick. Nobody can. They only want to hear that you're healing, you're in recovery, taking it one day at a time. If you're locked into sick, you should stop wasting their time and just get dead.”

— Laurie Halse Anderson, amazon.com

“The answer to ‘I have no idea how I am going to get through this’ is: you allow yourself to sob, to heave, to feel as if your heart has a boulder crashing through it.””

— Geneen Roth, amazon.com

“I am compassionate with myself when I’m not perfect. Recovery is not linear.”

— Chrissy Stockton, thoughtcatalog.com

“When a woman is struggling to recover from disordered eating, it is important for her to remember that food is a metaphor and that through the process of understanding that metaphor, healing begins.”

— Anita Johnson, amazon.com

“Recovery from disordered eating begins with the understanding that the disordered eating behavior served you when your goal was survival.”

— Anita Johnson, amazon.com

“it’s actually really important to realize that not only is recovery trying to be happy, is accepting when you aren’t. you can not be perfect and happy all the time, but you can deal with negative feelings in a healthy way and move forward. every day is a fresh start.”

— agressivelypreachingselflove, agressivelypreachingselflove.tumblr.com

“A pain in the leg means “don’t put pressure on this leg”; a pain in the mind means “change the way you live”.”

— Russell Brand, amazon.com

“I live in negotiation with a shadow side that has to be respected.”

— Russell Brand, amazon.com

“I know believe addiction to be a calling. A blessing.”

— Russell Brand, amazon.com

“You don't have to not drink for twenty years today. You don't have to give up white bread for all eternity, right now. This "one day at a time" cliche when taken plainly is no less profound than any "be in the moment" Eastern wisdom I've since encountered.”

— Russell Brand, amazon.com

“As much as you might doubt it, being single as an adult has some seriously noteworthy perks. The world is your oyster and you can do whatever, whenever, with no one else to consider but yourself. You can hop on a plane to anywhere, eat whatever foods you want, and live out the dreams you never thoug…”

— Andrea Wesley, bolde.com

“Healing has no timeline, no deadline, and no concrete measure like pills in a cup – in fact, forcing yourself to heal or comparing your healing to others is a prescription for poison rather than a cure. Sometimes healing comes in a quiet silence or a less shaky breath when you speak. Sometimes it’s…”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“The best karma a narcissist can receive is actually the weight of your indifference and success after you leave them.”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“The poison leaves bit by bit, not all at once. Be patient. You are healing.”

— Yasmin Mogahed, twitter.com