I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that's what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn't eat strawberries. And that made sense to me.

I don't look at what I've lost. I look instead at what I have left.

The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.

I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.

Friends aren't any more important than breath or blood to a high school senior.

That's what we're here on this Earth for, to help others.