Joanna

“This is the singular, hard truth I come up against every day: I am the only one responsible for my experience.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“My drinking — and whatever it is you do to feel better — was born of a natural impulse to soothe, to connect, to feel love. And although alcohol hadn’t actually delivered those things, it was absolutely yoked to them in my mind. In my heart and body, too. It was just what I knew.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“if you truly want to live with peace in your heart and be free of the burdens of the past — you must be brave enough to be willing to look at yourself honestly, clearly, and without reservation. You must take responsibility for everything that’s ever happened to you. Not blame. Responsibility.”
― Laura McKowen, We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life

“You want a moment.”
― Holly Whitaker, Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol