Chris Farley Quotes

When I got sober, that was 1990.

I'm a recovering alcoholic so I should be home.

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

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 got sober, and I got happy again.

Addiction is a tough illness, and recovery from it is a hard but noble path. Men and women who walk that path deserve our support, encouragement, and admiration.

I can't emphasise enough how grateful I am to have come upon sobriety.

I'm sober now and very happy.

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.

I'm sure that I am enjoying my sobriety. And respect it. If you've been through what I've been through, then you really do treasure it.

When I got clean and sober, that was a major change in my life.

I'm very proud of my sobriety now.

What's the point of staying sober?

I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

I didn't check into rehab. Instead of me heading into a place - I was just drinking too much and I needed to get my life together. I'm still in therapy and stuff like that, but it's good. I'm great. I feel fine.

It's a journey, it's a fight everyday. There was a real effort to stay in the program... So far this has been a very successful rehab.

I'm totally clean and sober my whole life.

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

Anybody that's not supportive of me staying sober obviously has to go. But on the other hand, there are not really a lot of people who don't want me to stay sober. I was a nightmare.

Well, I'm still here. Didn't have to go to rehab, and I'm not broke.

When the addict gets recovery, his family gets recovery, right?

I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.

'Higher Power' was the result of a personal experience: a friend of mine who went through the process of addiction and recovery. It's a very, very tough thing - very easy to become addicted and very, very hard to become a recovering addict.

But the fact is, nobody gets off drugs unless they really want to, and I really wanted to.