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“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

“Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.”

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.”

“The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”

“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”

“Do not let the hero in your soul perish.”

“The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help they have no hope.”

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.”

“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

“What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.”

“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.”

“Do not let your fire go out.”

“Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.”

“Do not let your fire go out ... Do not let the Hero in your soul perish ... Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”

“My identity shifted when I got into recovery. That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.”

“Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach.”

“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”