Jason Isbell Quotes

The road to sobriety is not easy and rehabilitation and the recovery process are not to be taken lightly.

I do not understand rehab. If it works for people, then God bless them.

I was never at a place where rehab would have been appropriate.

Oh my God, I love rehab! I highly recommend it.

It's so weird that I went to rehab. I always said that I would die before I went to rehab. But I thought, 'I'm going to stay here tonight.' And I stayed there for a month. It was great.

Until I went to rehab, I didn't understand what it did.

I went into rehab December 14th, 1996, and got out eight months later? Then I went into a sober living place where I stayed for three months. I've been clean for a good year and a half.

I've been in a treatment center for drinkin'. I stayed for two days, then escaped.

I didn't get at first put into a rehab facility; I got put in a adolescent psychiatric unit for my detox.

I remember telling Mom, 'I can't go to the Betty Ford Center. That's like going to the high school where your mom is the principal.' But maybe I could have gotten the family rate.

When I got sober, that was 1990.

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

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.

I wasn't able to make the full commitment until I met 'Celebrity Rehab's' Dr. Drew.

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.

I saw 28 Days. I don't remember rehab being like a day camp or being that funny. Rehab is a dumping ground. It's a big landfill.

Everyone reaches their point in time where either they die or they get sick of doing drugs. It started getting debilitating. I enjoy my music a lot better than my drugs.

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it.

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

Trying to overcome addiction is one of the hardest things for a person to do. And the fact that I had to do it under the scrutiny of tabloid press at first made it seem even more difficult. But in fact, it oddly ended up being a plus. Because of the tabloid stuff, it wasn't like I could walk into a bar and order a drink.

I am a recovering alcoholic.

Going to rehab was the best decision I ever made.

I couldn't have gotten sober without rehab because I needed the science.

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

I mean, I inherited the disease of alcoholism, and I learned early to get help when I needed it. I always went to people who knew more than I did.