Joyce Dlp

“By being honest and admitting that the power we tried to wield over alcoholism was never readily available to us, we let go of the illusion that kept us imprisoned in an endless cycle of repetitious, self-defeating behavior and inevitable disappointment.”
― Al-Anon Family Groups, How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics

“A person stops maturing at the age that they start abusing substances,”
― Lisa Damour, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

“research shows that intense use of digital technology can impair young girls’ social skills and interfere with their healthy, face-to-face relationships.”
― Lisa Damour, Untangled: Guiding Teenage Girls Through the Seven Transitions into Adulthood

“When our preoccupation with others distracts us from our responsibilities to attend to our own physical, emotional, and spiritual health, we suffer. Our health and self-esteem decline. We become incapable of accepting reality, coping with change, or finding happiness. Our lives fly out of control.”
― Al-Anon Family Groups, How Al-Anon Works for Families & Friends of Alcoholics