quotes for quitting addictions and the path to recovery
Addictions can be easier to pick up than you think. One minute you think you’re fine with alcohol, coffee, gambling, drugs, food, etc. Then the next you can’t go a day without it, and it’s negatively impacting your life and relationships.
I’m on a journey to quitting a couple of my own addictions. And if you are thinking about letting go of a personal vice or two too, it’s the perfect time to explore some inspiration to get on the right page.
We explored some ways to quit your addiction (including making a game plan, taking a break, identifying your triggers and more) in this article: quitting your vice to better yourself.
But if you’re looking for some more motivation to finally let go of your addictions and take control of your life, here are the perfect quotes for you.
quitting addiction quotes:
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart, now that is true strength.”
― Chris Bradford
“Change before you have to.”
― Jack Welch
“When was the last time you woke up and wished you’d had just one more drink the night before? I have never regretted not drinking. Say this to yourself, and you’ll get through anything.”
― Meredith Bell
“One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery.”
― Demi Lovato
“An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”
― Criss Jami
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what you do have power over instead of craving control over what you don't.”
― Steve Maraboli
“Addiction begins with the hope that something ‘out there’ can instantly fill up the emptiness inside.”
― Jean Kilbourne
“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.”
― Edgar Allan Poe
“At first, addiction is maintained by pleasure, but the intensity of this pleasure gradually diminishes and the addiction is then maintained by the avoidance of pain.”
― Frank Tallis
“Addictions... started out like magical pets, pocket monsters. They did extraordinary tricks, showed you things you hadn't seen, were fun. But came, through some gradual dire alchemy, to make decisions for you. Eventually, they were making your most crucial life-decisions. And they were... less intelligent than goldfish.”
― William Gibson
“Drugs take you to hell, disguised as heaven.”
― Donald Lyn Frost
“Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don't ever want to be again. Everything we do is part of who we are. How we choose to use those memories, to motivate or to submit is entirely up to us.”
― Shane Niemeyer
“Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”
― Robert Downey Jr.
