Sarah Hepola Quotes

#1. Self-destruction is a taste I've savored much of my life.

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#2. A life is bookended by forgetting, as though memory forms the tunnel that leads into and out of a human body.

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#3. That is true strength. To want what you have, and not what someone else is holding.

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#4. I stayed sober for a year and a half, which is like dog years to a 25-year-old. I

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#5. I kept flashing back to an argument I used to have with my ex. Every time I vented about work, he rushed to hand-craft a solution, which was an irritating habit. All you want to do is fix me, I spat at him once. But I never thought to ask - Why do I have such a high tolerance for being broken?

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#6. Another one of the line-item vetoes in the "never drink alone" rule book is that you're allowed to drink alone while traveling. Who else could possibly join you? I loved drinking alone in distant bars, staying on speaking terms with my own solitude.

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#7. Roofies aren't a myth, he said, but studies suggest the fear outpaces the incidence. Turns out, "being roofied" often doesn't involve roofies at all. People just don't realize how common it is to experience a blackout.

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#8. I understood drinking to be the gasoline of all adventure.

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#9. I watched women file in, hoping each new one in a smart dress suit was a fairy godmother carrying my new fate. I'd catch her glance as she passed, hoping she'd see the star pattern in my eyes. Oh, it's you. I found you. Does every child have this fantasy - or just the sad ones?

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#10. It wasn't fair that my friends could stay at Captain Morgan's pirate ship party while I was drop-kicked into a basement with homeless people chanting the Serenity Prayer.

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#11. Moving a pile of bricks from one side of the room to the other requires strength. Time, discipline, patience.

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#12. I couldn't tell you much about John 3:16, but I knew Blueberry Muffin: 426.

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#13. I swear I've spent half my life hiding behind a couch and the other half wondering why no one was paying attention to me. On

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#14. I noticed when I stopped worrying so much about how I looked, I could lose myself more in how I felt.

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#15. My self loathing was like a bone I couldn't stop gnawing.

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#16. Overthinkers are the most exhausting alcoholics.

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#17. Sobriety sucked the biggest donkey dong in the world.

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#18. I was starting to learn one of the most important lessons of online dating: the wisdom of saying no.

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#19. Some people are so brimful with misery they can't help splashing everyone else.

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#20. I had this great idea: I should get a job. Freelancing came with freedom, but maybe what I required was a cage.

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#21. The blackouts were horrible. It was hideous to let those nights slide into a crack in the ground. But even scarier was to take responsibility for the mess I'd made. Even scarier was to remember your own life.

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