Ashly Lorenzana Quotes

I'm not crying out for help, but I am sharing my experience in the hopes that readers will get something out of it. I'm not the one who gets to decide what that is, if anything. I'm just starting the journey if you will, so I can't possibly know yet what the message of my life really is. I only know what has happened so far, and how I've felt up until this moment. I agree that reading about the pain of others is concerning when they are still hurting and in the same situation as when they wrote about it. But what can you do? You can reach out, ask how you can help and be there to listen. You can't save someone who doesn't want to be saved. You can't love someone who doesn't love themselves enough to take care of themselves and stay out of bad situations. Believe me, I know this.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I think it's better to be comfortable in your skin than to be miserable being who you are. Sure, the meth is horrible. It ruins people from the inside out. It's a waiting game --- it's not a matter of if it destroys you, but rather a matter of when it will. I've made it this far. I'm not sending a message that it's cool to be on drugs and tell everyone about it. I don't sum myself up as a drug addict and a hooker. That's not what I am. Those are juts things I do, they don't define me. Jobs and addictions do not make us who we are.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

What is the point of our lives? There isn't any. I can't seem to decide how much horror and how much joy lies within that simple truth, but I know it is both of those things at once.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

The only unique contribution you can offer the world is to be who you actually are and no one else.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

My sadness is beautiful. It infuses everything I do. It is at the core of my identity and always has been, just as happiness is in some people. I refuse to be told that it's a flaw. I will not mute it with medications for the sake of society. I will hold it close to me and celebrate it rightfully while the rest of the world fails to see it for what it is and it will be their loss.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

No original thought still exists. People are original, each one of them. The same ideas that others had before you are waiting for you to bring them back to life in a new way. The part of who you are that is left behind within these old ideas is what makes them original all over again.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

The next time you wish you could find the right words to say to someone who is hurting, just remember that dogs are a man's best friend without ever speaking a word to them. Simply be present and have sympathy.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I'm falling apart, one part after another. Falling down on the world like snow. Half of me is already on the ground, watching from below.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Trees lose their leaves in blizzards like these.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

We may seem fine, even when the pain remains right there beneath our surface.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

It's so hard to find the place somewhere in the middle of the best and worst I've felt.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Just remember that those who feel profoundly depressed are those whose happiness is likewise intense. What's so wrong with that?

~ Ashly Lorenzana

It's always almost Autumn, down here at Rock Bottom.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

If you love yourself the most at your happiest moments, there is no reason not to be fond of who you are in the dark.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Anything that lights your world leaves it dark once it's gone.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

While it's true that I am guided in life by my feelings and emotions, that certainly does NOT mean that I trust them.Emotions are reactions to things based on all of a person's prior experiences and we forget sometimes just how limited those are.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Dogs are how people would be if the important stuff is all that mattered to us.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Don't be scared of scars. They just tell stories that are hard to hear.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Most of the pain we feel is nothing more than a story that needs telling.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I'm pretty lost in becoming all this frost. Bitter, like Winter. Strung-out like a string of pearls.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

The parts of me that hurt the worst want me to write something for them, but I can't. I don't know what to say. I'm lost in all this sadness, and so are they.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

A selfless act out of even the purest desire to do for others, will be selfish in the satisfaction and happiness it brings to one doing it.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I don't possess these thoughts I have --- they possess me. I don't possess these feelings I have --- They obsess me.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I have been known to think outside of all rules. Even my own.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

If you're going to do something, strive to do it better than anyone else. Do it all the way. If you're going to half-ass it, why bother?

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Love is an awfully personal thing for most of us, so why isn't hate?

~ Ashly Lorenzana

What you should actually be trying to figure out is how to tell your story. The one that is every bit as unique to you as your fingerprints.This is the truly amazing feat because you are literally the only person capable of doing that. Only you know all the parts to your story and only you can pass it on for others to hear if you choose to.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a book that totally sucks. There is nothing special about that.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

It might be depressing, but it's also the truth that no one has the power, the money, or the resources to save everyone on the planet from going hungry, living in poverty or allowed basic human rights. But consider the other side of this: there are people in this world who truly WOULD do all of these things for everyone if only they could. There is hope after all.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

You cannot force things apart that are bound at the heart.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Morality and legality have nothing to do with one another. I'm more than fine with breaking a law if it disagrees with my values and morals.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Even if you think you're doing well and have it all figured out, there is a voice you will always inevitably hear at some point which nags at you and says but wait... Don't ever dismiss it, listen to what it has to say. Life will never be close enough to perfect, and listening to that voice means stepping outside of yourself and considering your own wrongdoings and flaws.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

There is nothing worse than having an enemy who is a total loser. It's incredibly frustrating when seeking revenge against one, because you come to the realization that there is really nothing you can do to make the person's life worse than it already is. They have nothing to take, there is no way to screw them over if you have been their victim. It's maddening.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

There is nothing wrong with revenge. The wrong has already been done, or there would be no need to even the score.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

Two wrongs don't make a right, but neither does one. Revenge may seem petty by day, but on some nights she becomes Justice.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

It is through justification of one's actions that a completely guiltless life is possible.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

99% of all addicts are liars and thieves. This might sound unfair and even close-minded, but it's the truth. There are some exceptions to the rules, but they are incredibly rare. Most people are no match for their addictions. They will be driven to do things they would normally never have considered all in the name of getting high. Sad, but true. So if you're thinking of trying drugs, keep in mind that all the people you will be dealing with are likely to steal from you and lie to you at your own expense.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

I can pretty much guarantee that you will at some point find yourself doing something that at one point you swore you'd never do. You'll do it for the sake of getting high, either directly or indirectly. Trust me. It will happen. You might think you know yourself better than anyone, but you have yet to become acquainted with your addiction. It will introduce itself in ways that you never thought were possible.

~ Ashly Lorenzana

A lot of people who find out about the things I do immediately figure I'm just a pathetic druggie with nothing to say that is worth hearing. They talk endless bull shit of recovery! They make it sound like some amazing discovery...don't they know I'm far too busy trying to recover me?

~ Ashly Lorenzana