To limit yourself to a label of "alcoholic" is masochistic and false if you have awakened a deeper spiritual identity within and have come to know your true self as unconditioned pure awareness. This doesn't mean that recovering alcoholics don't have to be concerned with relapsing, they must always remain vigilant. The power of addiction should not be underestimated. This exercise in vigilance can become a spiritual tool of liberation as well. Always being aware of choosing between real happiness and false happiness is also the discrimination required to attain enlightenment.

Don't regret the past or fear the future. Both bring misery through self-doubt.

The most positive action we can take about the past is to change our perception of it.

Just listen to your body, eat in silence and see what feels good and you will spontaneously choose the foods that are beneficial to you.

From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every desire.

To acquire true self power you have to feel beneath no one, be immune to criticism and be fearless.

In my definition of consciousness, consciousness is the same thing as life. What wisdom traditions also call spirit.