Broken Quotes

“But what really matters is what's under the hood, and without continued attention to routine maintenance and repairs, it isn't long before the same old engine spoils the new ride.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“I thought I could control my drinking and drug use- I can stop anytime I want, I kept telling myself- but the last thing on my mind was quitting because by this point my drug use was all mixed up with feelings of inadequacy and confusion about who I was and who I wanted to be.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“I am very proud of you. I am proud of you most of all because you are a decent human being in a world that rages with indecency. Hang in there. Life is not getting somewhere. It's traveling that matters.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“When Dad wrote that Uncle James smoked too much, consumed too much coffee, and got hooked on all kinds of pills 'to do for him what he thought he couldn't do for himself'.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“Time seemed to stand still, so we never watched the clock. Every thought seemed worthwhile, so we talked nonstop. There was no routine except going up, coming down, going up, coming down. Then the gray light of morning and the birds singing outside triggered the depression and despair that followed every binge.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“Then I'd tell her that I needed to get some sleep. I'd crawl under the covers, sweating and shaking, my nose bleeding onto the sheets, listening to those damn birds singing, wanting to die.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“My playground was the earth and the sky, every day was filled with adventures of my own creation, and nothing ever happened except what I wanted to happen, when I wanted it to happen.”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption

“How could a father smoke crack when he's supposed to be taking care of his newborn child?”
― William Cope Moyers, Broken: My Story of Addiction and Redemption