Vernon Johnson Quotes

• It is a myth that alcoholics have some spontaneous insight and then seek treatment. Victims of this disease do not submit to treatment out of spontaneous insight - typically, in our experience they come to their recognition scenes through a buildup of crises that crash through their almost impenetrable defense systems. They are forced to seek help; and when they don't, they perish miserably.

  Vernon Johnson

  Defense, Disease, Recognition

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• Be ashamed to die until you have done something good for mankind.

  Vernon Johnson

  Military, Done, Ashamed

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