Jeff Jay > Quotes

“problems multiply over time. The only way”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“It is virtually impossible not to become what you think about most. If you concentrate on something long enough, it becomes part of your psyche…. If you think about problems, you will find problems. If you think about solutions, you will find solutions…. The successful person understands this and learns to overcome them by focusing on the desirable objective, not on undesirable distractions.”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“If putting the alcoholic back on his feet is the only way we know how to ease our pain, we will most likely”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“She is told by everyone in the group that each is willing to help her get into recovery, but no one is willing to help her stay sick.”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“The family members have an opportunity to explain how the addiction has affected them. The addict learns that the family, from now on, will only support recovery.”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“Recovering people explain it this way: “Once you’re a pickle, you can never be a cucumber again.”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“As you search for an interventionist, talk to at least three, asking knowledgeable”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention

“You calmly explain to your son that you love him very much and want to help him. You’ve seen the effects drugs are having on his life.”
― Jeff Jay, Love First: A Family's Guide to Intervention