Recovery is a lifelong journey. It involves self-discovery, growth, and transformation. It requires you to make changes in yourself, your perspective, and your environment.
Change isn’t easy. Put another way, recovery is a challenge—one of the toughest you’ll ever face. If you’re in recovery or you know someone that’s recovering, you know just how hard this journey is.
At times, it might seem like more than you can take. Often, an encouraging word or two at the right time reminds a person that he or she is not alone in the struggle and that change is indeed possible.
The quotes below have helped recovering addicts recover. We’ve associated them with five common stages of recovery—stages many recovering addicts experience:
Pre-Contemplation
This stage is among the most critical in recovery—and the hardest. Going from awareness of a problem to the realization that action needs to be taken is often daunting. The quotes below can help motivate someone at this critical time:
Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it. – Jamie Lee CurtisI’m not telling you it’s going to be easy. I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it. – Art WilliamsI am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions. —Stephen CoveyThe most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. —Amelia EarhartIt’s not heroin or cocaine that makes an addict, it is the need to escape from harsh reality. – Shirley Anita Chisholm
Contemplation
In this stage the addict shifts from recovery to action. He or she starts looking beyond himself and herself to see the impact addiction has made on others. Though not pursuing recovery, they’re thinking about it:
If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” – Zen proverbAddiction is a family disease. One person may use, but the family suffers. – Shelly LewisWhen the past calls, let it go to voicemail. Believe me, it has nothing new to say. – UnknownI have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. —Leonardo da VinciDo or do not. There is no try. —Yoda
Preparation
I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion. – Muhammad AliThe first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are. – J.P. MorganWhen one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us. —Helen KellerThe only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be. —Ralph Waldo EmersonWhat we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. —Plutarch
Action
Early recovery is a time of great learning and great vulnerability. Addicts are letting go of people, activities, and behaviors that have been key parts of their lives. In their place they’re developing new coping skills, ingraining healthy habits, and rebuilding damaged relationships:
You don’t get over addiction by stopping using. You recover by creating a new life where it is easier to not use. - UnknownYou wake up every morning to fight the same demons that left you so tired the night before and that, my love, is bravery. - UnknownTo go through the torture of withdrawal, pain sweat, and tears and then to stay clean, you should be proud. Never forget the day you decided to get your life back. - UnknownYou were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed, or unworthy, you were created to be victorious. – Joel OlsteenIt does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop —Confucius
Active Recovery and Maintenance
By the time addicts reach this stage, they’ve learned a great deal and put in a lot of hard work. But they also realize they will have to continue to do that for ever to keep going:
It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary. – Mandy HaleOur greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. – Ralph Waldo EmersonMy recovery must come first so that everything I love in life does not have to come last. - UnknownThe hope was out there from the opportunities that I began creating myself. - UnknownRelax. Take a breath. It takes time, but there is great joy in the every day. Just remember, you’re learning new steps, a new dance. - Lisa Frederiksen
The quotes above can help you or someone you know beat the recovery challenge. You can use them as inspiration and motivation when the going gets tough. They can inspire recovery.
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https://www.theliferecoverycoach.com/single-post/2018/09/15/25-Motivational-Quotes-To-Inspire-Recovery
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