The best way for you to get that new experience is to change your response to what happens.

How you conduct yourself along the path that is your life determines how your life unfolds.

Everything that happens to me is the best possible thing that can happen to me.

You can open to the idea that whatever happened to you in the past eventually turned out or will turn out to be a benefit to you.

People who believe they have bad luck create bad luck. Those who believe they are very fortunate, that the world is a generous place filled with trustworthy people, live in exactly that kind of world.

Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it. That's a terrible thing to inflict on someone. Labeling alcoholism as a disease, a cause unto itself, simply no longer fits with what we know today about its causes.

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.