You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.

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.

Your life today is the result of a series of decisions you made that have caused you to arrive where you are.

If you can stop using substance or stop your addictive behavior for extended periods of time without craving, you are not dependent. You are dependent only if you can't stop without physical or psychological distress (you have unpleasant physical and/or psychological withdrawal symptoms) or if you stop and then relapse.

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

The answers are never 'out there. ' All the answers are 'in there, ' inside you, waiting to be discovered.

If you examine your motive for doing anything, you'll soon discover that your reason is that you believe it will make you happy.