Taking the path of sobriety maybe complex and challenging but it is one of the most liberating and transformative journey you can take. While every individual may have unique experiences, having the right support and motivation on quest for a sober life is essential for success.
Whether you are taking your first steps, at the hardest stage, or celebrating years of sobriety, these quotes are the daily dose you’ll need to encourage you.
50 Sobriety Quotes to Keep You Going
1. “It doesn’t matter how slowly you go, only that you do not stop.” ~ Confucius
2. “You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” ~ Martin Luther King
3. “I approach sobriety with the same mentality I approached sports with. You’re going to put in the time. You’ve got to suit up, show up, and keep your eyes on the win.” ~ Molly Bloom
4. “I finally summoned up the courage to say the three words that would change my life: ‘I need help.’” ~ Elton John
5. “If you need booze or drugs to enjoy your life to the fullest, then you’re doing it wrong.” ~ Robin Williams
6. “Sobriety was the best gift I ever gave myself ” ~ Rob Lowe
7. “… being sober delivered almost everything drinking promised.” ~ Anne Lamott
8. “I don’t need alcohol to see the world in its depths, I carry the sun in me.” ~ Lamine Pearlheart
9. “Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.” ~ Carl Jung
10. “I made a commitment to completely cut out drinking and anything that might hamper me from getting my mind and body together. And the floodgates of goodness have opened upon me.” ~ Denzel Washington
11. “If you can quit for a day, you can quit for a lifetime.” ~ Benjamin Alire Sáenz
12. “I chose sober because I wanted a better life. I stay sober because I got one.” ~ Anonymous
13. “F-E-A-R has two meanings: ‘Forget Everything And Run’ or ‘Face Everything And Rise.’ The choice is yours.” ~ Zig Ziglar
14. “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.” ~ Tony Robbins
15. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” ~ Helen Keller
16. “Someone who is trying to be sober is often trying to work out deeper emotional issues and is attempting to undo years of habitual behavior. When you reduce recovery to just abstinence, it simplifies what is really a much more complex issue.” ~ Sasha Bronner
17. “We have all had to learn painful lessons. We are all recovering from some mistake, loss, betrayal, abuse, injustice or misfortune. All of life is a process of recovery that never ends. We each must find ways to accept and move through the pain and to pick ourselves back up. Be patient with yourself.” ~ Bryant McGill
18. “I’m so grateful to be where I am. I’m so grateful to be sober. I’m so grateful to be. Remember, we are works in progress.” ~ Jamie Campbell Bower
19. “The thing is, if I don’t have sobriety, I don’t have anything.” ~ Matthew Perry
20. “When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That’s when the sparkle started for me.” ~ Mary Karr
21. “I went through heavy, darker times, and I survived them. I didn’t die young, so I’m very lucky.” ~ Angelina Jolie
22. “Believe you can, and you’re halfway there.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt
23. “Getting sober was the single bravest thing I’ve ever done and will ever do in my life.” –Jamie Lee Curtis
24. “Being in recovery has given me everything of value that I have in my life. Integrity, honesty, fearlessness, faith, a relationship with God, and most of all gratitude. Sobriety was the best gift I ever gave myself.” ~ Rob Lowe
25. “It’s like having a second chance at life, …. Seeing everything with clarity, gratitude; it’s unbelievable. I feel so good. And to have these little blessings is the icing on the cake.” ~ Ronnie Wood
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26. “Forgive the past. It is over. Learn from it and let go. People are constantly changing and growing. Do not cling to a limited, disconnected, negative image of a person in the past. See that person now. Your relationship is always alive and changing.” ~ Brian Weiss
27. “Somebody once asked me how I define sobriety and my response was ‘liberation from dependence’.” ~ Leslie Jamison
28. “Your best days are ahead of you. The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn’t end there.” ~ Bucky Sinister
29. “I got sober, and I got happy again.” –Macklemore
30. ‘Sometimes when in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, when actually you’ve been planted.’ – Christine Caine
31. “Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year, it is the struggle of a lifetime. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble.” ~ John Lewis
32. “Don’t ever discount the wonder of your tears. They can be healing waters and a stream of joy. Sometimes they are the best words the heart can speak.” ~ William Paul Young
33. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
34. “I don’t need alcohol to see the world in its depths, I carry the sun in me.” ~ Lamine Pearlheart
35. “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” ~ Robert H. Schuller
36. “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 or a job.” ~ William Regal
37. “If you don’t have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?” –John Wooden
38. “Believe in your infinite potential. Your only limitations are those you set upon yourself.” ~ Roy T. Bennett
39. “When I focus on what’s good today, I have a good day. When I focus on what’s bad, I have a bad day. If I focus on the problem, the problem increases. If I focus on the answer, the answer increases.” ~ Alcoholics Anonymous
40. “One day, you’ll tell your story of how you overcame what you went through, and it will be someone else’s survival guide.” ~ Brene Brown
41. “Failure is a part of life. If you don’t fail, you don’t learn. If you don’t learn, you’ll never change.” ~ Morgan Freeman
42. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” ~ C.S. Lewis
43. “To sober up seems to many like making life “so serious,” as if seriousness precluded joy, warmth, spontaneity, and fun. But there can be a delusional, blind quality to non-sober festivities. To have our eyes open soberly with all our senses and memory intact allows some of the most rewarding, soul-nourishing, and long-lasting pleasures possible.” ~ Alexandra Katehakis
44. “Don’t limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they think they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve.” ~ Mary Kay Ash
45. “Before you can break out of prison, you must realise you are locked up.” ~ Anonymous
46. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” ~ Alice Walker
47. “Sometimes you’ve just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.” ~ Dr. Phil
48. “I didn’t realize that I was an alcoholic until I realized that the alcohol was not for fun anymore. It was medicine.” ~ Alice Cooper
49. “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.” ~ Helen Keller
50. “I had all the help in the world, but I didn’t want it. When I hit that moment, I was like, it’s no longer fun when you’re doing it alone.” ~ Demi Lovato
