Barb Rogers > Quotes

“She raised their three kids in spite of him, working long hours at a shoe factory until she had a hump in her back from bending over a sewing machine. But still, she's loving, kind, and sober. I don't get it. Ruthie”
― Barb Rogers, If I Die Before I Wake: A Memoir of Drinking and Recovery

“I had called my most recent ex-husband.”
― Barb Rogers, If I Die Before I Wake: A Memoir of Drinking and Recovery

“start home, change my mind, pull into the liquor store drive-through, purchase a pint of gin, and head toward the country.”
― Barb Rogers, If I Die Before I Wake: A Memoir of Drinking and Recovery

“no matter the circumstances outside ourselves, we always have a choice.”
― Barb Rogers, Twenty-Five Words: How The Serenity Prayer Can Save Your Life