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Recovery Quotes
The following recovery quotes have been deliberately chosen to support the transtheoretical model of change. It is a common "process of change model" that is used by many addictions professionals and people in recovery. However, the steps in this approach can easily be applied to any situation or behavior a person wishes to change in their life. Click on the individual quote for a printable pdf of that specific quote. Click here to print this entire page (if you have a membership password).
Precontemplation	Contemplation	Preparation	Action	Maintenance
Addiction is at first fun, then it is fun with problems, then it is just a problem, and then it is homelessness and despair. Arnold (street person) When someone says: “Life is hard?” I always ask: “Compared to what?” Doug Pamenter When someone stops doing one thing every day, and starts doing another thing everyday, that seems like a replacement addiction to me. James Frey There is no bigger fool, than the fool who discovers a lie, yet still believes it. Doug Pamenter Overall people want to be good, but not too good, and not all the time. George Orwell If you do not know where you are going, it does not matter what road you take. Doug Pamenter Pessimism is the precursor to failure. Aaron Banmen You are never too old, or too young, to have a hard look at yourself. Doug Pamenter You are addicted when you no longer feel that you have the choice to stop. It seems stronger than you. It also gives you a false sense of pleasure that invariably turns into pain. Eckhart Tolle The worst four words in the English language are: I cannot help myself. Doug Pamenter Addiction is: short-term GAIN for long-term PAIN. Anonymous	Your “bottom” is where you stop “digging.” Doug Pamenter What the caterpillar calls the end, the rest of the world calls a butterfly. Lao Tsu Change begins, when we realize that we need to. Doug Pamenter When you find out you can live without it, and go along not thinking about it, I'll tell you something true... the bear necessities of life will come to you! Baloo the bear- from Disney's jungle book Once your eyes are opened, you can never close them again without deceiving yourself. Doug Pamenter It is never too late to be what you might have been. George Eliot When you have a choice, you have a chance! Doug Pamenter We make change harder for ourselves, because we often overestimate the value of what we are giving up, and underestimate the value of what we might gain by giving it up. Doug Pamenter Freedom from pain is as easy as focusing your attention away from yourself. Doug Pamenter Nothing focuses your attention like PAIN. Emotional pain is worse than physical pain. Fear is worse than pain. Doug Pamenter Face your pain, and work through it, until you can find joy in your life again. You will never know real joy until you allow yourself to really feel your pain. Even the worst pain, will fade over time; but true joy can last a lifetime. Anonymous	If I have the belief that I can do it. I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it. Even if I may not have it at the beginning. Mahatma Gandhi You can never move forward, if you are always looking back. Doug Pamenter You have got to get up every morning with determination, if you are going to go to bed with satisfaction. George Horace Lorimer The demons of the mind can only be slain with the sword of desire, you have to be willing to face them, to defeat them. DJB I always view problems, as opportunities, in work clothes. Henry Kaiser If you do not know where you are going, it does not matter what road you take. If you do know where you are going, then any road can take you there. Doug Pamenter Strength does not come from physical capacity, it comes from an indomitable will. Mahatma Gandhi Waiting for change to miraculously happen, is just waiting. Doug Pamenter Success is about effort, not outcome. Success is about deciding to do your best, no matter what the circumstances. Poh Yu Khing “90% of Success is Effort.” Anonymous If you never push yourself until you fail. How are you ever going to know when you succeed? Doug Pamenter Success doesn't come to you, you must you go to it. Marva Collins	An addiction is not to be taken away, but given up. Doug Pamenter The greatest calamity is not to have failed, but to never have tried. Anonymous First say to yourself “What would you be?” Then do what you have to do! Epictetus - Greek philosopher We must “become the change” we want to see. Mahatma Ghandi If you don’t believe it can be done, don’t interrupt those who are doing it. Doug Pamenter Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do, than by the things you did. Mark Twain Focus on the Process! Doug Pamenter Fall seven times; stand up eight. Robert The Bruce Success is turning “Vision” into “Action.” Doug Pamenter Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. Japanese Proverb Success happens when you turn pain into power. Starla deJong I can only do so much, but as long as I have done my personal best, I can sleep satisfied. Doug Pamenter Success happens when preparation meets opportunity. Robin Elliott Surrender to what is. Say “Yes” to life—and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you. Eckhart Tolle	I cannot always control what goes on outside of myself, but I can control what goes on inside of myself. Wayne Dyer Be an inspiration to those around you, someone they want to emulate. Then strive to be better yourself. Not for yourself, but for those who would look to you as a role model. Doug Pamenter When something comes so easy, you do not value it, and when you do not value it, you do not have it very long. Mario McKay You are only as emotionally healthy as the family system you are a part of. Doug Pamenter Greatness is doing a common thing, in an uncommon way. Booker T. Washington Never let your memories, be greater than your dreams. Doug Ivester Relapse is not a part of Recovery, it’s a part of the Disease. Keith Smith Routines are good medicine. Silvia Gonzalez-Baeza When someone tells you that you cannot go any further, just tell them to look behind you and see how far you have come. Lorna Pitre Don't ask for an easier life, ask to be a stronger person. Doug Pamenter Peace Within, Peace between, Peace Among. Virginia Satir The way to Succeed, is to help others succeed. Doug Pamenter Success is not measured by where you are in life, but by the obstacles you have overcome. Booker T. Washington
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