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For a lot of folks who get sober, the process of getting and staying sober becomes their higher power, and it becomes a religion that sort of consumes a whole lot of them. I just don't think that that's necessary. I think that that can be a side note rather than the story of your life.

— Jason Isbell

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✓Similar Perspectives

What's the point of staying sober?

— Oliver Reed

It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.

— D. H. Lawrence

I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it becomes your responsibility to replenish the well.

— Daniel Baldwin

The fact that I don't have any particular need for religion doesn't mean that I have a need to cast religion aside the way some of my colleagues do.

— Brian Greene

The point of drinking in moderation is that sometimes you don't drink in moderation.

— Artie Lange

Practically speaking, your religion is the story you tell about your life.

— Andrew Greeley

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing and just being good and true unto yourself. And I slightly believe that you can attract good and bad to you.

— Imelda Staunton

It's possible to get through life without a religious structure, but I don't think that's a very fruitful way to live.

— Nick Cave

✗Opposing Perspectives

I only drank for three years of my life, but I drank enough in those three years to last me the rest of my life... It's a religious thing.

— Marty Robbins

The first thought that I had about really trying to get sober was, 'Man, I could do a lot of good in the world. I can lead by example and just be this heroic recovery guy.' And that's just a bad reason to get sober. You can't get sober for anybody's benefit, let alone the world at large. You really got to do it for yourself.

— Steve-O