Fall to Pieces Quotes

“There’s an argument for being stubbornly unrealistic about your dreams. Otherwise they’re not dreams—they’re just ideas you had once and then left behind.”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“In recovery, we’re looking for progress, not perfection.”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“There are people you meet who enrich your life; there are people you meet who steal parts of your life. And there are people you meet who, in one way or another, save you. Or, maybe more important, help you save yourself.”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“The universe plays tricks. Had I won that car, I never would have met my future husband. That little Geo Tracker would’ve significantly rerouted the course of my life.”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“When it comes to stupid people, fuck ’em. Stupid situations: fuck it.” “Fuck it” is not a replacement for “I give up.” It’s another way to say, Step back, give it a rest, take a break.”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“How is it that I spent nearly a year on a never-ending heroin-and-whatever-else-you’ve-got run without setting off a single red flag? How could they deny the damage I’d done to my arms?”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“I have had to experience so much stupidity, so many vices, so much error, so much nausea, disillusionment and sorrow, just in order to become a child again and begin anew. I had to experience despair, I had to sink to the greatest mental depths, to thoughts of suicide, in order to experience grace. —SIDDHARTHA, HERMANN HESSE”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness

“I know there are a lot of people who get high on a daily basis but still manage to get something productive done. That wasn’t us; we were watching a TV that wasn’t even on, convinced it was a program about insects. Per”
― Mary Forsberg Weiland, Fall to Pieces: A Memoir of Drugs, Rock 'n' Roll, and Mental Illness