words of wisdom

“I didn’t fail the test. I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.” – Benjamin Franklin

“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.” – Mark Twain

“I believe in recovery, and as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.”
Ann Richards

“Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.”
John Grisham

“The priority of any addict is to anaesthetise the pain of living to ease the passage of day with some purchased relief.”
Russell Brand

“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
J.R.R. Tolkien

“Recovery can take place only within the context of relationships. It cannot occur in isolation.”
Judith Herman

“Even when I took the drugs I realized that this just wasn’t fun anymore. The drugs had become a part of my routine. Something to wake me up. Something to help me sleep. Something to calm my nerves. There was a time when I was able to wake up, go to sleep, and have fun without a pill or a line to help me function. These days it felt like I might have a nervous breakdown if I didn’t have them.”
Cherie Currie

“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.”
John Wayne