Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies: And Other Rituals to Fix Your Life, from Someone Who's Been There

by Tara Schuster

Start where you are without worrying too much about how far you have to go.

what kind of life was I leading if I was perpetually fleeing from it?

Chances are, if you are justifying something you are doing as a means to “deal” with your day, then it’s probably not a great idea.

It takes a lot of courage just to recognize when we are self-medicating. It means we are willing to look at our lives and see them for what they actually are.

allow those wounds to exist without trying to serve them a pint of ice cream.

I get how incredibly difficult giving up a crutch can be, but unless you have a broken leg, that crutch is only getting in your way.