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"My mother smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. Before she smoked her first cigarette, she was free to choose whether or not she would smoke. After awhile, her freedom reverted to Satan-so it would seem. The choice was no longer hers-so it would seem. Her mind and body were attacked with nicotine cravings that got so bad she would sometimes sacavage through garbage cans for butts when she'd run short on full cigarettes. I watched, baffled at how something so small and so disgusting to me could have such power over my mother. That's the thing about addiction-it binds us one choice at a time. That's also the good news about addition-you can unravel the hold it has on you-one choice at a time."
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"At the end of almost every AA meeting, someone read the Promises. One of these was 'We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it'. Dan thought he would always regret the past, but he had quit trying to shut the door. Why bother, when it would just come open again? The fucking had no latch, let alone a lock."
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"You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town."
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"Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff."
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"With endless pharmacological supplies at our fingertips, we do not need to penetrate the motives behind our actions, feelings, transgressions, dreams, and phobias. High on chemical substances we can remain stagnated in an infantile mental state. Without introspection, we foreclose ourselves from gaining the insight that allows us to navigate adulthood's ceaseless demands."
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"I was drawn to all the wrong things: I liked to drink, I was lazy, I didn't have a god, politics, ideas, ideals. I was settled into nothingness; a kind of non-being, and I accepted it. I didn't make for an interesting person. I didn't want to be interesting, it was too hard. What I really wanted was only a soft, hazy space to live in, and to be left alone. On the other hand, when I got drunk I screamed, went crazy, got all out of hand. One kind of behavior didn't fit the other. I didn't care."
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"I guess my biggest problem is that I find it easier to relapse than to carry through."
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"I wait on my fix:I am a poetry junkie."
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"He only drinks when he gets depressed,' said Carrot. 'Why does he get depressed?' 'Sometimes it's because he hasn't had a drink."
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"I don't ever drink alone. It's not much fun. And I don't think I will until I am an alcoholic."
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"I think if you were Satan and you were settin around tryin to think up somethin that would just bring the human race to its knees what you would probably come up with is narcotics."
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"Want to forget that you're growing older? Walk across green grass with bare feet."
Nature
"Picture for a moment the scene of a son carrying wood up a hill. He is about to make the greatest sacrifice he can make. Is it Abraham's Isaac? Or Heavenly Father's Jehovah? It is both. It is you. YOU are also God's child. If He required so much from them, why should He require less from us? He doesn't. He doesn't want a portion. He requires our all."
Faith
"A little thought thought over and over becomes the thought that changes everything. Always choose to believe the best about yourself."
Mindset
"Unhealthy people tend to be unhappy people."
Health
"A dark thought will never lead you to the light because darkness is terrified of light."
Philosophy
"Jesus took care of himself. He ate healthy food. He rested when he was weary. He sought time alone when he needed to recharge. He laughed with his friends. He wept when he was sad. He walked long distances and climbed hills and moved. From barren wilderness to unpredictable waters, he spent the majority of his time outside in nature. He loved wholeheartedly. He served others. He cooked. He studied and learned and grew in wisdom. Jesus cared for himself physically, mentally and spiritually. To be aligned with him, we must do no less."
Wellness
"Christmas is about change. It's a time we open our hearts before we open our presents."
Generosity
"Intuition is a woman's gift that comes packaged in responsibility. If we don't change the world for good, who will?"
Empowerment
"It is not enough just to believe in Christ. We have to believe that He believes in us so we can believe in ourselves. That's a sentence that deserves a re-read."
Religion
"I may walk a different path than you, but it doesn't mean that either one of us is lost."
Life
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