Inspirational Quotes for Recovering Addicts

As a recovering addict, you may be encountering days that seem more rough than others.

When dealing with the highs and lows in sobriety, many turn to inspirational recovery quotes as a source of strength. We hope that one of these 25 quotes gives you the encouragement that you need to keep pushing forward on your path to sobriety.  

1.     “If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” – Zen proverb

2.      “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

3.     “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

4.      “Recovery is hard. Regret is harder.” – Brittany Burgunder

5.     “The greatest mistake to make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.” -Elbert Hubbard

6.     “Don’t let the past steal your present.” Terri Guillemets

7.     “Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising up every time we fall.”- Oliver Goldsmith

8.     “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you have no strength.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

9.     “If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.” – Benjamin Alire Saenz

10.  “It Does Not Matter How Slowly You Go as Long As You Do Not Stop.” – Confucius

11.  “When your past calls, don’t answer. It has nothing new to say.” - Unknown

12.  “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

13.  “Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

14.  “Don’t let the past steal your present.” – Terri Guillemets

15.  “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

16.  “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” – C.S. Lewis 

17.  “Recovery is not a race. You don’t have to feel guilty if it takes you longer than you thought it would.” – Unknown

18.  “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

19.  “Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.” – Rob Lowe

20.  “Not drinking makes me a lot happier.” – Naomi Campbell

21.  “Don’t pick up a drink or drug, one day at a time. It sounds so simple. It actually is simple, but it isn’t easy—it requires incredible support and fastidious structuring.” – Russell Brand

22.  “I’ve never met an alcoholic in recovery who doesn’t believe that this is the best thing they have ever done.” – Adam Clayton

23.  “For me, I just happened to be in a situation the very last time and I said, You know what? I don’t think I can continue doing this. And I reached out for help and I ran with it, you know? . . . It’s really not that difficult to overcome these seemingly ghastly problems. What’s hard is to decide.” – Robert Downey Jr.

24.  “Sometimes you can only find heaven by slowly backing away from hell.” — Carrie Fisher

25.  “Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can’t do. I am more successful than I have ever been.” – Jamie Lee Curtis