Top 10 Sobriety Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it’s something that it doesn’t get a day off.”

— Demi Lovato

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2. “Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.”

— Rob Lowe

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3. “But I’ve also learned I am not powerless over some things. I am not powerless over my attitudes. I am not powerless over negativity. I am not powerless over assuming responsibility for my own recovery.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

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4. “Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”

— C.G. Jung

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5. “Remember that just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”

— Robert Downey Jr.

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6. “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. Living one day at a time; enjoying one moment at a time; accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; that I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him forever in the next. Amen.”

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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7. “I didn’t cause it. I can’t control it. I can’t cure it.”

— David Sheff

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8. “It’s cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I’ve been going through in one way or another.”

— Chester Bennington

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9. “The human spirit is more powerful than any drug and THAT is what needs to be nourished: with work, play, friendship, family. THESE are the things that matter.”

— Robin Williams

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10. “It’s simple, not necessarily easy, but the rewards are endless.”

— Alcoholics Anonymous

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