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“Stop shoulding on yourself”

Book:When AA Doesn't Work for You: Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol

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When AA Doesn't Work for You: Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol

Exploring various strategies and techniques, the book delves into the psychological and physiological aspects of alcoholism. It aims to help readers develop personalized plans for quitting alcohol, emphasizing self-awareness and critical thinking over traditional 12-step programs. The book is intended for individuals seeking a more secular and personalized path to sobriety. more

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Albert Ellis

Albert Ellis, born on September 27, 1913, and died on July 24, 2007, was a renowned American psychologist. He founded Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), which has had a profound impact on the field of psychotherapy. more

“I am no fun at all. In fact, I am anti-fun. Not as in anti-violence, but as in anti-matter. I am not so much against fun - although I suppose I kind of am - as I am the opposite of fun. I suck the fun out of a room. Or perhaps I'm just a different kind of fun; the kind that leaves on bereft of hope; the kind of fun that ends in tears.”

Kind Different Ends Matter Facts Fun Rooms Violence Tears Opposites Different Kinds Bereft

Author:David Rakoff

“There is supercomputer somewhere in the Nevada desert whose sole function is to count the number of times that I have said the following, because it is unquantifiable by human minds at this point, but this time it’s really true: I should have stayed home.”

Should Mind Humans Said Home Numbers Regret Should Have Function Following Desert Human Mind Sole Really True Nevada Supercomputers

Author:David Rakoff

“Newspapers are even worse for me than ice cream; headlines, and the big issues that generate the headlines, are pure fat.”

Bigs Issues Pure Newspapers Fats Ice Cream Ice Cream Headlines

Book:A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel

Source: A Prayer for Owen Meany: A Novel

“She knows there's no success like failure, and that failure's no success at all.”

Knows Speak Softly

Author:Bob Dylan

“Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?”

Mean Doe

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“I was awakened by a tremendous earthquake, and though I hadn ever before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange thrilling motion could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, both glad and frightened, shouting, "A noble earthquake! A noble earthquake" feeling sure I was going to learn something.”

Feelings Strange Storm Noble Glad Enjoyed Ran Frightened Mistaken Thrilling Awakened Earthquakes Shouting Cabins

Author:John Muir

“I think people understand things different when they get older. It’s not a question of getting soft, or seeing things in the gray areas instead of black and white. I really believe I’m just understanding things different. Better.”

People Thinking Believe Different Understanding Black White Seeing Areas Gray Black And White Gray Area Understanding Things

Book:Darkly Dreaming Dexter

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“Prolonged endurance tames the bold.”

Inequality Endurance

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)

“Everything here at St. Aggie's is upside down and inside out. It's our job not to get moon blinked and to stand right side up in an upside down world. If we don't do that we'll never be able to escape. We'll never be able to think. And thinking is the only way we'll be able to plan an escape." -Gylfie”

Ifs Thinking World Way Able Jobs Sides Plans Moon Down And Upside Down

Book:The Capture

Source: The Capture

“I ran home in the moonlight with firm strides; for the sun-love made me strong.”

Made Home Strong Sun Firm Ran Moonlight Stride

Book:STEEP TRAILS: California - Utah - Nevada - Washington - Oregon - The Grand Canyon: Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Essays and Wilderness Studies from the author of The Yosemite, Our National Parks, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf & Picturesque California

Source: STEEP TRAILS: California - Utah - Nevada - Washington - Oregon - The Grand Canyon: Adventure Memoirs, Travel Sketches, Nature Essays and Wilderness Studies from the author of The Yosemite, Our National Parks, A Thousand-mile Walk to the Gulf & Picturesque California

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