What determines each person's state of happiness or unhappiness is not the event itself, but what the event means to that person.

The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.

When people who believe themselves to be addicts or alcoholics come under great stress or trauma, they mentally give themselves permission to drink or use drugs as a remedy.

I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.

You don't need to be a scientist to know how powerful your imagination is.

Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.

If you are surrounded by people who not only don't believe in your goals and your positive outlook on life, but who also continually try to tear you down, it will be extremely challenging for you to hold firmly in mind that you will succeed and that you can be happy.