Everybody in recovery smokes. If you don't like smoking, don't even bother trying to get sober. Just stay drunk.

I never get sick of writing my own stories because there's a certain comfort in knowing you will never run out of material. It's relaxing, actually, to write.

No matter how huge your loss, as long as you remain engaged with your life, the best days of your life may still be ahead of you. Don't misunderstand me: the pain of your loss will remain with you for the rest of your life. But great joy will be there right beside it. Deep sorrow and deep joy can exist within you, side by side. At every moment. And it's not confusing. And it's not a conflict.

Most of us have love in our lives. Most of us love other people are are ourselves loved by others. But make no mistake: you are alone in the world. You were born alone, even if you were born conjoined. And you die alone, unable to bring a single person with you.

In some ways, blogging is like drinking - it gives a person permission to be a total asshole.

If you find you require willpower, you aren't ready to lose weight.

I did not consider him to be any kind of a genius. I considered him deeply lacking in the area that mattered most in life. Star quality.