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Addiction Recovery Quotes

Some Encouraging Words  

Addiction recovery quotes to inspire you on your addiction recovery journey and beyond!

Quotepic Carl Sagan on vastness set against desert outcroppings

For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.

Carl Sagan

Quotepic Marcus Aurelius on harmony set against a man next to a giant redwood

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Marcus Aurelius

Quotepic Alain Badiou on love and serenity against an idyllic lake shore with a couple silhouetted against the sunset

There is a kind of serenity in love which is almost a paradise.

Alain Badiou

Quotepic Lou Holz on being deserving of love against two cats nuzzling

When people need love and understanding and support the most is when they least deserve it.

Lou Holz

Quotepic Julia Margaret Cameron on growth spiral set against iron spiral on a gate on an amber background

Growth is a spiral process, doubling back on itself, reassessing and regrouping.

Julia Margaret Cameron

Quotepic unknown author on being gentle to oneself set on grey knitting

Be gentle with yourself. You're doing the best you can.

Unknown

Quotepic Ovid on persisting set against a view of mountains continuing into the distance

Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.

Ovid

Quotepic Thomas Merton on strength set on a hawk on a tree branch in the city with a wintry sky

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

Thomas Merton

Quotepic Martin Luther King Jr on hope set against two golden lit church steeples

We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Quotepic Annie Lamott on unplugging

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes.

Annie Lamott

Quotepic Paul Theroux on winter set against a wintry branch and sky

Winter is a season of recovery and preparation.

Paul Theroux

Quotepic Meister Eckhart on beginnings set across a sunrise over Cincinnati

And suddenly you know: It's time to start something new and trust the magic of new beginnings.

Meister Eckhart

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