"Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober."

"I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be."

"If you just watch a teenager, you see a lot of uncertainty."

"I've always put my family first and that's just the way it is."

"I don't wake up each morning saying, 'Oh, wow, it's me. I think I'm the cat's meow. I'm the best.'"

"You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise. I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies."

"In the back of my mind was the constant hankering, almost yearning, to write but something always stopped me in my tracks. Or if I did find my way to put a pen to paper or finger on a keyboard I'd give up after a few minutes. I'd find other things to do: Anything but writing."

"I want a Mini-Cooper because it's fuel efficient, emissions efficient and all that stuff. It's small and better for the environment. I think that will be my next car."