25 Quotes About Addiction & Recovery
1. "Addiction is a family disease. One person may use, but the entire family suffers."
— Unknown
2. "The opposite of addiction is not sobriety. The opposite of addiction is connection."
— Johann Hari (2015) Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs.
3. "Recovery is not a race. You don’t have to feel guilty if it takes you longer than you thought it would."
— Unknown
4. "You get stuck developmentally at the age you first started using”
- Unknown
5. "The greatest mistake is not to try."
— William James, *The Varieties of Religious Experience* (1902)
6. "You are not your addiction. You are a person with an illness."
— Unknown
7. "To overcome addiction, you must first overcome the fear of facing your pain."
— Unknown
8. "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."
— Oscar Wilde, *Lady Windermere's Fan* (1892)
9. "It’s not about how far you fall, but how high you bounce back."
— Unknown
10. "The only way to get rid of a problem is to face it head-on."
— Unknown
11. "Addiction is a condition of the soul, not just the body."
— Unknown
12. "Recovery is not a race. You don’t have to feel guilty if it takes you longer than you thought it would."
— Unknown
13. "We are not defined by our mistakes; we are defined by how we rise after falling."
— Unknown
14. "It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
— Confucius
14. "The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance."
— Nathaniel Branden
15. "Recovery is a journey, not a destination."
— Unknown
16. "Addiction is not about the substance; it’s about the relationship with the substance."
— Unknown
17. "The only way to get rid of a problem is to face it”
— Unknown
18. "You can’t think your way into right action, but you can act your way into right thinking."
— Unknown
19. "You are only as sick as your secrets."
—Unknown
20. "Hope is the anchor of the soul."
— Unknown
21. "Change is possible; recovery is real."
— Unknown
22. "To overcome addiction, you must first overcome the fear of facing your pain."
— Unknown
23. "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."
— **Lao T
24. "You are not alone. There are many people who have been where you are and have found help."
— AA Literature
25. "You can’t think your way into right action, but you can act your way into right thinking."
— Unknown
