“Until you recognize the need, the absolute requirement for taking responsibility, you will not succeed. Once you do accept the responsibility, however, the Egoscue Method never fails. Never. No drugs, no surgery, no machines, no miracles. Just You. A normal person, doing normal things.” NeedsPersonsResponsibilityAcceptingFailingDrugSucceedNormalMachinesMiracleAbsolutesMethodSurgeryRequirementsTaking ResponsibilityNormal Things Book:The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion: Revolutionary Program of Stretching and Source: The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion: Revolutionary Program of Stretching and
“Even if drugs are fully as destructive as they are usually claimed to be, it is morally wrong and demonstrably more destructive for government to deprive people of their unalienable, individual, civil, Constitutional, and human right to make an utter mess of their own lives. Since human beings are inclined to learn more from the mistakes they make, rather than from their triumphs, the right to fail, for individuals and groups alike, may be even more important than the right to succeed, and it must be fiercely protected at almost any cost.” PeopleIfsHumansMayImportantGovernmentIndividualHuman BeingsMistakeFailingGroupsCostDrugSucceedMessTriumphDestructiveProtected Author:L. Neil Smith
“People we love must be loved as they are. It is a want both of wisdom and courage on our part - a sort of drug - this wilful blindness, to blame them, because they fail our vision of them.” PeopleWantVisionFailingDrugExpectationsBlameBlindness Book:My Life and Some Letters Source: My Life and Some Letters
“Addiction is a brain disease. This is not a moral failing. This is not about bad people who are choosing to continue to use drugs because they lack willpower.” PeopleUseBrainMoralFailingDrugDiseaseAddictionWillpowerBad People Author:Michael Botticelli
“The war on drugs has gone on for about forty-five, fifty years - and it's been a complete failure. If you had a business that was failing so badly, you would change course. And it's just incredible that governments continue along the same course.” IfsYearsWarGovernmentCoursesGoneFiveFailingDrugIncrediblesFiftyFortyWar On Drugs Author:Richard Branson
“None of us are rational economic men as we're supposed to be portrayed in economic theory where mixes of passions, of desires, of moral principles, of self-deception, of altruism, of concern of others, of concerns for ourselves and an interest in our bank accounts. And social policies have to be responsive to the complexity of who we are as people or else, like the war on drugs, they're simply going to fail.” PeopleMenWarDesirePassionInterestMoralFailingEconomicPolicyDrugConcernRationalComplexityAltruismWar On Drugs Author:Dale Jamieson
“Substance abuse is a disease which doesn't go away overnight. I'm working hard to overcome it. I did fail my recent drug test. I'm prepared to face the consequences.” HardFacesWorkFailingDrugDiseaseConsequenceTestsOvercomingAbusePreparedSubstanceGoing AwaySubstance Abuse Author:Lindsay Lohan
“I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.” ThinkingShouldMadePainSufferingCausesBrainFailingDrugAvailableDamageKidneysPain And SufferingArteries Author:Layne Staley
“If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.” IfsGovernmentFailingArmsDrugRaisesOppressedPeasants Author:Barbara Mertz