Quote by C. E. Montague

To possess your soul in patience, with all the skin and some of the flesh burnt off your face and hands, is a job for a boy compared with the pains of a man who has lived pretty long in the exhilarating world that drugs or strong waters seem to create and is trying to live now in the first bald desolation created by knocking them off.

To possess your soul in patience, with all the skin and some

Summary

This quote suggests that the struggle of trying to maintain patience and composure after going through difficult experiences is much easier for someone who is young and inexperienced compared to someone who has lived a longer life, filled with the excitement and effects of drugs or alcohol. The latter individual's current state of emptiness and withdrawal from their previous habits is far more challenging to endure, highlighting the immense difficulties of overcoming addiction and adjusting to a sober life.

Topics

Recovery (addiction/alcoholism)

By C. E. Montague

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