Nothing good could ever have come of my life if I hadn't been able to get therapy and overcome my addictions.
“Nothing good could ever have come of my life if I hadn't been able to get therapy and overcome my addictions.”
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Nothing good could ever have come of my life if I hadn't been able to get therapy and overcome my addictions.
“Nothing good could ever have come of my life if I hadn't been able to get therapy and overcome my addictions.”
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“Nothing good could ever have come of my life if I hadn't been able to get therapy and overcome my addictions.”
“I got caught back up in the underworld because the upperworld really doesn't have a place for people with criminal histories.”
“Many times, I left the prison thinking, 'I'm smart. I can make it. I won't get caught up again.' But you get off downtown Skid Row, and you're a target for all of the environmental harms in that area. The pain and trauma in that area is so thick, you can almost reach your hand out and touch it.”
“The person who has been convicted has served their time. Why would we continue to punish and exclude them from housing and jobs? Those are the primary areas that allow people to get their lives back on track.”
“At the age of 46, in my sixth prison term, it was the second prison I was in - California Rehabilitation Center. The California Civil Education program kind of opened up all of the experiences that that I had dealt with in my life, that I had experienced.”
“I don't own a watch anymore. Literally, that was an addiction. I'm not afraid to admit that. It took me over. My possessions possessed me.”
“It's an addiction. I love clothes. I like to go down Melrose and look in all the windows and I go to different flea markets. I have lots of costumes. You never know when you're going to have to dress up like a milkmaid from the 1600s.”
“I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction.”
“There is nothing compassionate or safe about relegating people, particularly those suffering from mental health or addiction issues, to sleep on our streets.”
“Dyeing my hair has become a kind of addiction. I can't see myself as anything other than blond. Once you go blond, you stay blond forever.”
“I've got an addiction to this game. An addiction to being perfect.”