Quotes by Recovery Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it. Cornel West recoverystrugglemorning I grew up in traditional black patriarchal culture and there is no doubt that I’m going to take a great many unconscious, but present, patriarchal complicities to the grave because it so deeply ensconced in how I look at the world. Therefore, very much like alcoholism, drug addiction, or racism patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it. Cornel West recoverystrugglemorning Recovery from illness often seems like beginning life all over again. Cornelia Meigs recoveryillnessseems Whether I or anyone else accepted the concept of alcoholism as a disease didn't matter; what mattered was that when treated as a disease, those who suffered from it were most likely to recover. Craig Ferguson recoveryaddictionalcohol I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk. Craig Ferguson recoveryaddictionthinking From recovery to rags and rags to recovery symbolizes art - a perfect compilation of human imperfections. Criss Jami recoveryperfectart We all have demons. I am a human being and I have bad days and I have bad things going on in my head that I have to deal with, but I'm very confident in my recovery. Crystal Renn recoverybad-daydemon The erosion of agency has consequences for our politics. As a result of all this, the fundamental ethical challenge of the anthropocene is the recovery of agency, or alternatively to come to terms with its loss and to understand how to go on. Dale Jamieson recoveryagencyloss I've failed so many times in my life that my recovery time has improved. I'm better at redirecting my attention. I've trained in Radical Aliveness and Core Energetics over the past couple of years and that has allowed me to see how much we project our failures onto others. It has taught me to accept myself. There is real power in owning your truth. Damon Runyon recoverycouplereal I think we create our own reality by the thoughts we have. Recovery for me has been learning how to choose my thoughts, learning how to listen to my thinking and not choose the negativity. I don't have fights with people in supermarkets anymore. I honestly thought for years that my rage was who I was, that people who didn't think the way I thought were lying to themselves. Dan Fante recoveryfightinglying You don't have to control your thoughts; you just have to stop letting them control you. Dan Millman recoverydepressioninspirational A little bit of something beats a lot of nothing. Break the largest of difficult tasks into the smallest of steps and it can be done. Dan Millman recoverytasksdone This President is going to lead us out of this recovery. Dan Quayle recoverywittyfunny There are a host of surprises among longer-term meditators, like a boost in the immune system from a day of practice, which is not seen in beginners, and a rapid recovery from stress or pain. At the "Olympic level" we find there is no anticipatory anxiety when the stress of pain is certain to come, and no lingering aftereffects - unlike the stress reactions in ordinary folk. Daniel Goleman recoverystresspain I want people with epilepsy to know that there are ways in which they can play a role in their own recovery. It's all in how they approach what is happening and how they can use that as a catalyst for their own growth. If there's one thing that I've learned, it's that people are willing to embrace you if you share your story. Danny Glover epilepsyrecoveryplay Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience. David Bentley Hart innocencerecoveryends Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. David Bowie recoveryfearclever The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. David Brainerd recoveryheartfather Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement but full recovery. David D. Burns recoverypowerfulworry The best gift you can give, besides your unconditional love, is to be strong for them when they are present and stronger for yourself when they are not! David H. Cooke recoveryunconditional-lovestrong«345678910111213»
