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“Addiction, at its worst, is akin to having Stockholm Syndrome. You're like a hostage who has developed an irrational affection for your captor. They can abuse you, torture you, even threaten to kill you, and you'll remain inexplicably and disturbingly loyal.”
― Anne Clendening, Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

tags: addiction, alcoholism, drinking, stockholm-syndrome

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“I want to belong. Belonging makes things okay, and I want to be okay. I just want to be okay.”
― Anne Clendening, Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

tags: being-okay, belonging, different, isolation, loneliness, sadness

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“An addict newly separated from their thing, whether it's drinking, drugs, throwing up ten times a day or anything else is like a person with no head. Your entire identity goes M.I.A. once you're no longer doing it.”
― Anne Clendening, Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

tags: addict, addiction, alcoholism, bulemia, drinking, drugs, identity, identity-crisis

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“The panic was there, staring me down in the face, all the time, like I had a hoodie on backwards and I couldn't get it off.”
― Anne Clendening, Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

tags: afraid, fear, illness, isolation, panic, self-consciousness

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“I lead a double life. I'm John Wayne Gacy. I present myself in potentially awkward social situations as a laughing, colorful clown to gain your regard. If you ask my friends and neighbors, they will tell you I'm "normal" and that I "keep to myself." Meanwhile, there's a crawlspace in the basement where I've buried my secrets. It's starting to get pretty crowded down there, but they are mine. And there they'll stay.”
― Anne Clendening, Bent: How Yoga Saved My Ass

tags: awkwardness, illness, loneliness, sadness, secrets

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