Neil Tennant Quotes

From doing A Moon for the Misbegotten, I've learned that nobody's love can save anybody else. There are people who want to die, and nothing or nobody will stop them. The only one who can save you is yourself.

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

The most important thing about recovery is to pass the message on.

Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.

Love trumps hate in many ways, in every way, and you can be your authentic self. If you put your mind to it, and you put your work in, all your dreams can come true.

Having this message of sobriety and recovery to blast out into the world is also very powerful and kind of the reason why I'm on this planet, I think; it's one of my purposes.

I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.

I must stay true to myself and take my own path all the way.

Gamble, cheat, lie, and steal. Let me explain: Gamble for your best shot in life - dare to take risks. Cheat those who would have you be less than you are. Lie in the arms of those you love. And finally, steal every moment of happiness.

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'm not gonna apologize for who I am and what I've gone through.

I haven't been to rehab, I don't do anything eccentric - I'm really boring.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but we do know it is our sacred duty.

In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took responsibility for every part of my life. No more pity parties. I've gotta love me more than anybody else loves me.

Learning about all those different things psychologically - about grief and my own addictions and problems and stuff like that, and really getting an education on it, I think it was part of the process of it, learning about it and trying to lick it.

You know I love pot, and I love beer, but I am totally sober, just because it completely stopped working for me.

Do what I want, be honest to myself and then it would do good for others, that's all, full on.

You largely constructed your depression. It wasn't given to you. Therefore, you can deconstruct it.

I can choose to accelerate my disease to an alcoholic death or incurable insanity, or I can choose to live within my thoroughly human condition.

True guilt is guilt at the obligation one owes to oneself to be oneself. False guilt is guilt felt at not being what other people feel one ought to be or assume that one is.

We almost always have choices, and the better the choice, the more we will be in control of our lives.

I do take responsibility for it. I admit to having a problem. I have been to numerous treatment centers.

I was really proactive in trying to heal my family. I wouldn't give up. My whole life was about trying to get my father healthier, and there were moments when he was healthier. Then someone would give him a drink. I always felt if he had one person in his life who supported his healthy side, he'd be on his way.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

But I also enjoy life... the more scrutiny I am under, the more confident I become. I am who I am. I can't do anything about it, and I love who I am.