33 Overcoming Alcoholism Quotes and Sayings

The first step to overcoming alcoholism is to confront and recognize that there is a problem. Once you progress through removing temptation and seeking treatment, you can sit back and be proud of yourself and achievement. Here is a look at some of the best alcoholism quotes and sayings that capture this difficult barrier to overcome for addiction sufferers.

“A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober.”

“Addiction is a family disease. One person may use, but the whole family suffers.”

“Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside.”

“Addiction makes you blind to your reality.”

“Alcohol ruined me financially and morally, broke my heart and the hearts of too many others.”

“An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.”

“Before you can break out of prison, you must realize you are locked up.”

“I am convinced now that virtually every destructive behavior and addiction I battled off and on for years was rooted in my insecurity.”

“I didn’t even know I was addicted. Until I tried to stop.”

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble there lies your treasure.”

“It will hurt. It will take time. It will require dedication, willpower and sacrifice. You will need to push your body to its max. There will be temptation. But I promise, it’s worth it.”

“No one is immune from addiction; it afflicts people of all ages, races, classes, and professions.”

“Not feeling is no replacement for reality. Your problems today are still your problems tomorrow.”

“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”

“Once the enabling stops, the recovery is given the opportunity to start.”

“One step at a time. One day at a time. One hour at a time.”

“People are not addicted to alcohol or drugs, they are addicted to escaping reality.”

“People who have never had an addiction don’t understand how hard it can be.”

“Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.”

“Recovery: It will be challenging. It will also be worth it. You will relapse, and that’s ok, as long as you keep fighting.”

“Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”

“Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

“So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity to define your own reality.”

“Some things just couldn’t be protected from storms. Some things simply needed to be broken off…Once old thing were broken off, amazingly beautiful thing could grow in their place.”

“The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior the greater your desire for it will become.”

“There’s not a drug on Earth that can make your life meaningful.”

“There’s not alcoholic in the world who wants to be told what to do. Alcoholics are sometimes described as egomaniacs with inferiority complexes.'”

“We don’t choose to be addicted; what we choose to do is deny our pain.”

“When you quit drinking you stop waiting.”

“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.”

“You don’t have to be ready to recover, you need only to be willing.”

“You have no idea how easy it is to fall back into the darkness.”

“You wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before.”

These words will help to encourage you and keep you in check as you heal from your addiction.