We’re full all the time. And people do have good success and I think one of the programs at the center, the Continuing Care, helps them with their success. Because it’s difficult the first year.
BETTY FORDAnd I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, “What will you have to drink? Oh that’s right you don’t drink.” Just speak up and say, ‘Of course I drink. But I just don’t drink alcohol.’
More Betty Ford Quotes
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I had thought I would hate being First Lady… I loved it.
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You can make it, but it’s easier if you don’t have to do it alone.
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That’s what we’re here on this Earth for, to help others.
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I don’t feel that because I’m First Lady, I’m very different from what I was before. It can happen to anyone. After all, it has happened to anyone.
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Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.
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And I have always told the patients when I talk to them. When they come around and say, “What will you have to drink? Oh that’s right you don’t drink.” Just speak up and say, ‘Of course I drink. But I just don’t drink alcohol.’
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The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. There’s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and it’s called college.
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I know I was an alcoholic because I was preoccupied whether alcohol was going to be served or not.
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A housewife deserves to be honored as much as a woman who earns her living in the marketplace. I consider bringing up children a responsible job. In fact, being a good housewife seems to me a much tougher job than going to the office and getting paid for it.
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The search for human freedom can never be complete without freedom for women.
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I really didn’t want to have my name on the center, because it just seemed like it was too much of a personal thing.
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I believe the equal rights amendment is a necessity of life for all citizens. The cabinet sometimes felt that I shouldn’t be so outspoken.
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For 14 years, I’d been on medication for the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the muscle spasms in my neck, and I’d lost my tolerance for pills. If I had a single drink, the alcohol, on top of the pills, would make me groggy.
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Having babies is a blessing, not a duty.
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I’ll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial.
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