sobriety quotes

I could not do what I do, and teach a class, and never miss a deadline, never be late for anything if I was a lush, OK? I would really love to read a piece that said, ‚He is not a lush.‘ That would be fabulous, it would be a first, I could show it to people and say, ‚Look!‘

I don’t drink at all.

As supportive as my hometown is, in my high school, there are people who would probably walk up to me and punch me in the face. There’s a select few that will never like me. They don’t like what I stand for. They don’t like somebody who stands for being sober, who stands for anything happy. They’re going to be negative no matter what.

I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.

I have been brought up and trained to have the utmost contempt for people who get drunk.

I stopped doing drugs when I was 20. I was finished with drugs before Nirvana even started.

I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me – spiritually and financially.

I’m very serious about no alcohol, no drugs. Life is too beautiful.

For my part, I desire to see the time when education – and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry – shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.