Koren Zailckas Quotes

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

Sobriety has been the most life-affirming path for me.

I think I've improved in a lot of ways because of being able to stay clean and sober.

I'm very proud of my sobriety now.

There are women succeeding beyond their wildest dreams because of their sobriety.

I feel good that I have my life in order. I'm not addicted to anything that I'm aware of.

I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career.

I got sober, and I got happy again.

I don't drink. I don't do any drugs.

I'm very happy with my decision to go sober. It's helped my life. It's helped my mental stability.

And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, 'What will you have to drink? Oh that's right you don't drink.' Just speak up and say, 'Of course I drink. But I just don't drink alcohol.'

I think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking.

My life off the court has changed. I'm feeling good inside, so I guess it shows on the outside too.

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

My agenda is trying to help people live a better life.

I had such a wonderful life before drugs and alcohol abuse. I've got that life back now and plan to keep it. Maybe I had to go through what I did to get to this point, to appreciate this life more.

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.

I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.

The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction not a destination.

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

Just saying you are better than good won't make it so. But, when you understand what it takes to live the better than good life, and you apply yourself, your life will truly be better than good.

Without being aware, I think I was being indoctrinated into what was called Vitalism, the idea that what makes life worth living, the good life, consists of accepting challenges, solving problems, discovery, personal growth, personal change.

Thanks be to God. Since my leaving the drinking of wine, I do find myself much better, and do mind my business better, and do spend less money, and less time lost in idle company.

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.

Going to rehab was the best decision I ever made.