Support Groups Quotes

It is a lot of work being an addict. There's nothing harder than being an addict.

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.

You hear the word 'cancer,' it scares you. You think of death.

All behavioral or mood disorders - including depression, OCD, ADHD and addiction - have some neurochemical components, but sufferers can still work to overcome them.

Recovering from the suicide of a loved one, you need all the help you can get.

It's a very lonely place, being an addict.

My new year's resolution is definitely to quit smoking. I need to do it.

Powerful new drug-free treatments have been developed for depression and for every conceivable type of anxiety, such as chronic worrying, shyness, public speaking anxiety, test anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks. The goal of the treatment is not just partial improvement but full recovery.

Mr. Speaker, as a grateful recovering alcoholic of 24 years myself, I am living proof that treatment does work and that recovery is real.

I was in group therapy for years but it wasn't the same thing. It was more about growing.

Being bipolar is a huge exaggeration of your emotions. You can be pretty high and also terribly low, so I've been through it all.

I've been watching a lot of A&E's 'Intervention.' I know that's sort of depressing, but I love watching it.

Americans struggling with addiction need treatment and reduced access to deadly drugs.

When I was in high school, I had a gambling problem.

It touches on drug use. I got caught up in that for almost two years.

I love support groups, people talking about their feelings.

We don't help people mourn in our society.

People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience.

Addiction is not a curable condition.

There's a secret to get through loss, pain and grief. If we're alone we can't see who we are. When we join the club, other people become the mirror. Through them, we see ourselves and gain an understanding of what we're going through. Then slowly, real slowly, we learn to accept who we see in the mirror. Then you become the mirror for them; by being honest about who you are, you'll help them learn to love and accept themselves.

Where to look if you've lost your mind?

Cancer is really hard to go through and it's really hard to watch someone you love go through, and I know because I have been on both sides of the equation.

I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?

I don't have, you know, an 'overcoming addiction' story, other than the guitar itself, and I haven't overcome that. I don't have a jail time, you know, story, or any arrests.

If you ask me, I think 12-step programs are perfectly valid, can be an enormous help. But it depends on the individual.