Dana Plato Quotes

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

The thing is, if I don't have sobriety, I don't have anything.

I've triumphed over addiction.

Folks, I've been straight for seventeen days... Not all in a row.

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.

Relapse is very dangerous. However, relapse can be a symptom of the disease. Sometimes there are multiple relapses before you get sober and stay sober.

I'm very proud of my sobriety now.

What's the point of staying sober?

If you ask me if I think I will be sober in 24 hours time I can say yes, but in two years I can't tell you. I could be dead.

I used to be a drinker but I found out how bad it was and I let it alone.

I quit drinking, so I can think clear. When you have chop trouble, drinking doesn't help the healing process.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

So I did quit coffee and I did quit smoking. But I haven't managed that with drinking!

Well, all I can say is, it's a day-by-day program, and so I'm very worried about relapsing, but I don't know. I don't want to use. I don't want to go back to that place because nothing good came of it. It was super dark; it's not nice.

I think a lot of people are scared, and I know I was scared to get sober, at least using this as an excuse; 'I don't want to be one of those sober people.' And I don't think you have to be. I think you can be one of those people who happens to be sober.

I don't drink. I choose to be sober now. I have drunk over the last six years, but I just don't want to be that person anymore.

Now don't say you can't swear off drinking; it's easy. I've done it a thousand times.

I'm pretty confident about my sobriety, but I don't want to get too confident because that's when I'll crash.

I do not live in the world of sobriety.

I have not had a drink for four years, which for me is a long time.

When you stop drinking, you have to deal with this marvelous personality that started you drinking in the first place.

Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.

To me, it is like a diabetic with insulin. If that diabetic stops taking insulin, they will die, and I believe that if I don't follow the 12-step programme, I will regress, and that could eventually be the death of me.

I was glad to be sober, but after ninety days, people weren't patting me on the back anymore, sayin', 'Good job on the sobriety! Go get 'em!'

Somebody once asked me how I define sobriety, and my response was 'liberation from dependence.'