Willingness In Recovery Quotes & Sayings

Like most science-fiction writers, Trout knew almost nothing about science, was bored stiff by technical details. — Kurt Vonnegut

That's an applicable life less, my boy,' he'd said. 'Nobody is really paying attention to you. Most people don't really get this. They think they must count more to other people than other people count to them. They can't believe the disregard could truly be mutual. — Jennifer DuBois

Spanking and verbal criticism have become, to many parents, more important tools of child rearing than approval. — Phil Donahue

What's happenin', the cakest of all my baby cakes? — Jessica Park

It was like there's got to be some way to stay working and stay productive in Los Angeles. TV is that kind of thing for an actor. Unless you get stuck in one of these shows where you have to go to Vancouver. — Ethan Suplee

Black-and-white thinking is the addict's mentality, which can be a bar to recovery when one is still active. But an addict who finds the willingness can then rely on the same trait to stay clean: "Just don't drink," they say in AA.
How's that going to work for an addicted eater? Food addicts have to take the tiger out of the cage three times a day. I've read that some drinkers have tried "controlled drinking," and it hasn't been very successful. Eaters don't just have to try it; they must practice it to survive.
Having a food plan is an attempt to address that, and having clear boundaries is a key to its working. But the comfort of all or nothing is just out of reach.
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I'm saying that food addicts, unlike alcoholics and may others, have both to try for perfection and to accept that perfection is unattainable, and that the only tool left is a wholesome discipline.
The problem is, if we had any clue about wholesome discipline, we wouldn't be addicts. — Michael Prager

Her eyes, nose, hands, feet ... Each part was a supreme delicacy, and I was insatiable. — Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

Whether we experience it or not, grief accompanies all the major changes in our lives. When we realize that we have grieved before and recovered, we see that we may recover this time as well. It is more natural to recover than to halt in the tracks of grief forever. Our expectations, willingness and beliefs are all essential to our recovery from grief. It is right to expect to recover, no matter how great the loss. Recovery is the normal way . — Judy Tatelbaum

The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome. — Donald Norman

I believe people are inherently magical and good. — Sophia Bush

At the end of the day, our recovery must be based not on shame or perfectionism or the need to impress others, but on our willingness to be kind to ourselves. — Erica Spiegelman