Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it's like a rat in a maze. We all want the same thing. We all have this hole. The thing you want offers relief, but it's a trap.

Tess Callahan

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I'd rather believe in my own choice and see it all go wrong than do something I'm not fully convinced of and later feel guilty about it.

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When you believe in yourself, you believe in possibilities.

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