When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder Adversity Deserving Respect Divorce Ending Relationships Finding Joy Finding Peace Freedom Great Value Growth Happiness Hell Journeys Joy Knowing Your Worth Letting Go Moving On Pain Painful Situations Putting Up Respect Self Confidence Self Esteem Self Help Self Imposed Self Imposed Pain Self Realization Self Respect Self Worth Struggles Too Little Too Long Value Walking Worth Worthiness

Even years from now, once I've stopped drinking, I will never stop trusting extremes. I will always believe that anything worth having is worth having in excess. The good things are worth hoarding until you have a cookie-fat ass, sex-aching loins, joy that fires through you like popping popcorn, or love, the weakness at the sight of some boy who makes your chest ache like indigestion. If it's good for you, it ought to be good for you in any amount, and you should track down every available bit of it. And if it's toxic, if it turns your liver into a hard little rock of scar tissue, or curls your memory at the edges like something burned in a fire, or makes your stomach flop, or your mind ache, or your personality contorted, you shouldn't buy into the bullshit about temperance.

~ Koren Zailckas

Koren Zailckas Black And White Excess Excessiveness Extreme Extremes Hoard Lack Of Moderation Moderation Passionate Life Too Little Too Much Too Much Of A Good Thing Worth