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“A Theodore Roosevelt speech from 1910 says, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again.”
― Sober Ever After: A Memoir
― Sober Ever After: A Memoir
“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.” Joan Didion.”
― Sober Ever After: A Memoir
― Sober Ever After: A Memoir
“So we have to be careful of validating our stories to ourselves. If we are constantly telling ourselves that we are failures, we are not enough, we aren’t smart enough, not responsible, whatever our story may be....it affects the way we behave, and becomes a viscous circle.”
― How I Quit Drinking
― How I Quit Drinking
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