40 Amazing Inspirational and Positive Sobriety Quotes
Last updated on January 8th, 2024 at 11:58 am
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Recovery is challenging; being the loved one of an addict is also tricky, but hopefully, these sobriety quotes will make it just a little more painless for you. The first part of getting sober, or supporting someone else to be sober, is comprehending what sobriety is. Sobriety is described as the state of not being intoxicated. Sobriety generally directs a person’s conclusion to refrain from substance use. This decision often arrives because of an addiction negatively affecting their lives.
As many in the phase of healing know, hope is one of the most powerful things to hold on to. These sobriety quotes offer us reasoning to persist in fighting addiction. With hope, we evolve more strongly, and by communicating that resilience through sobriety quotes, we inspire others to see a more optimistic future alongside us.
Do sobriety quotes help in addiction recovery? These quotes can support, motivate and help you realize you are not alone. Like everything else, they are just another mechanism you can use.
Positive Sobriety Quotes
Crushing the power of addiction is no easy triumph. Every day can be a fight against inner tumult and outside forces affecting you. Sometimes, it helps to read sobriety motivational quotes to overcome any challenge, no matter how great.
“Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn’t end there.”
BUCKY SINISTER
“It does not matter how slowly you go, only that you do not stop.”
Confucius
“Somebody once asked me how I define sobriety, and my response was ‘liberation from dependence’.”
LESLIE JAMISON
“Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.”
MAHATMA GANDHI
“There is no shame in beginning again, for you get a chance to build bigger and better than before.“
ANONYMOUS
“Sometimes when in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, when actually you’ve been planted.”
CHRISTINE CAINE
“One day you will tell your story of how you overcame what you went though and it will be someone else’s survival guide.”
BRENE BROWN
“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
“Suffering isn’t ennobling, recovery is.”
CHRISTIAAN BARNARD
“Don’t let the past steal your present.”
CHERRÍE L. MORGA
Alcohol Sobriety Quotes
This post inspires you to stop and contemplate these sobriety quotes that we consider worthy of your attention for a while. These quotes renew your motivation to stay drug and alcohol-free and inspire you to live your life productively and actively.
“All the mistakes I’ve ever made in my life have been when I’ve been drunk. I haven’t made hardly any mistakes sober, ever.”
TRACEY EMIN
“When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That’s when the sparkle started for me.”
MARY KARR
“Above anything else—
above family or job—
the main thing is staying sober. That’s because without being
sober, I don’t have a family or a job.”
WILLIAM REGAL
“It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
“When you quit drinking you stop waiting.”
CAROLINE KNAPP
“We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole aim of our lives.”
ANONYMOUS
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion’.”
ANONYMOUS
Inspirational Sobriety Quotes
Sobriety quotes can give you the power to persist through the darkest phases of addiction. It’s all about the mindset, so allow these sobriety Quotes to inspire you! While visiting meetings, listening to individual and group therapy, and joining a recovery facility are reasonable steps for getting sober, upholding motivation is necessary for your recovery journey.
“The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.”
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
MICHAEL JORDAN
“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.”
ZIG ZIGLAR
“What progress, you ask, have I made?
I have begun to be a friend to myself.”
HECATO
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
NELSON MANDELA
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”
C.S. LEWIS
“Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.”
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
“One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery.”
DEMI LOVATO
“Sometimes you’ve just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.”
DR. PHIL MCGRAW
These sobriety quotes are a little encouragement for the moments that make you question if it is all worth it. Did these sobriety quotes support you in reframing your thoughts? Were you able to learn something you could try to help a loved one? Let us know in the comment section below.
If you liked reading these quotes, you can also look at 40 Funny Cheer Up Quotes to Brighten up bad days
Nitesh Kucchal
Nitesh Kuchhal, an IIM Calcutta graduate, is more than an educator—he's a mentor. With a passion for leadership and entrepreneurship, and travel. He has explored over 20 countries. Beyond teaching, he dives into psychology and discusses social issues. Though he is not a history expert, he enjoys learning about it through books, adding a historical touch to his many interests.
