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“Self-destruction is a taste I’ve savored much of my life.”
― Sarah Hepola, Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget

“My drinking — and whatever it is you do to feel better — was born of a natural impulse to soothe, to connect, to feel love. And although alcohol hadn’t actually delivered those things, it was absolutely yoked to them in my mind. In my heart and body, too. It was just what I knew.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“The first thing I did in program was to draw up a list of things that truly give me longlasting comfort. I turn to that list when I have a craving, and I incorporate those things into my life as often as possible.”
― Overeaters Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous

“This is the singular, hard truth I come up against every day: I am the only one responsible for my experience.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life