5. Addiction is the disease that makes you too selfish to see the havoc you created or care about the people whose lives you have shattered.

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4. It’s gonna get harder before it gets easier. But it will get better, you just gotta make it through the hard stuff first.

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3. Recovery is not for people who need it, it’s for people who want it.

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2. You were never created to live depressed, defeated, guilty, condemned, ashamed or unworthy. You were create to be victorious.

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1. I would rather go through life sober, believing I am an alcoholic, than go through life drunk, trying to convince myself that I am not.

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John Gillen - Director at Ocean Recovery

John Gillen - Author - Last updated: December 14, 2021

John is one UK’s leading professionals in the addiction recovery industry. Pioneering new treatment techniques such as NAD+ and ongoing research into new therapy techniques such as systematic laser therapy, John is committed to providing the very best treatment for people throughout the UK and Europe. During his extremely busy schedule, John likes to regularly update our blog section with the latest news and trends in the industry to keep visitors to our site as well informed as possible on everything related to addiction treatment.