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Higher Power' was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It's a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict. -- Tom Scholz
Most memoirs about alcoholism, promiscuity, and addiction are deep, sobering tales full of scars that will never heal and include alarming statistics and reflection about recovery.This is not one of those memoirs. -- Kate Madison
We must move in our recovery from one addiction to another for two major reasons: first, we have not recognized and treated the underlying addictive process, and second, we have not accurately isolated and focused upon the specific addictions. -- Anne Wilson Schaef
Checking your ego, abandoning it, letting it go, is a huge part of recovery from addiction. -- Susannah Grant
We can and we must do better as prolonged recovery is now an achievable result of comprehensive addiction treatment. -- Stephen J. Pasierb
Openness is the first step toward recovery... addiction remains a secret because of the overwhelming shame associated with it. -- David Sheff
Recovery is a bit like an addiction; you take it day by day. If you set yourself too many goalposts, you'll have problems. -- Simon Weston
You don't need to hide the fact that you're in recovery, but you don't have to share your history of addiction with acquaintances at work, either. -- Mallory Ortberg

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