Elizabeth Vargas

“If I've helped one person, I feel really great, but I hear from people daily.”

“I felt like I had to be, you know, perfect, which is ridiculous. Nobody's perfect.”

“People with anxiety tend to be hyper-reactive. We are like jack rabbits, off and running to the races, reacting to some event, even while the event is still happening.”

“I'm part of AA. I have a sponsor. I have great, great friends who I love and who love me.”

“'Jeopardy!' contestant Ken Jennings' winning streak has been nothing short of remarkable.”

“I don't know if I was born an alcoholic, but I was definitely born anxious.”

“I had huge separation anxiety as a kid.”

“Navratilova won an astounding 167 singles titles and 166 doubles titles in a career which has spanned nearly 30 years. She changed the game of women's tennis by forcing opponents to reach her standards of fitness and athleticism.”

“You cannot turn your brain off or stop your thoughts, but you can try while meditating not to become too invested in them. This is called transcendental meditation, which is the kind I practice.”

“I am an alcoholic. It took me a long time to admit that to myself. It took me a long time to admit it to my family, but I am.”

“You know, guys, it is possible for two women to work together and get along.”

“It's estimated that one million girls in India 'disappear' every year.”

“I had two experiences. I had a wonderful experience in rehab, and I had a terrible experience in rehab. But, to be honest, in the end, it wasn't rehab that got me sober. It was just finally surrendering and saying, 'I don't want to do this anymore. I can't do this anymore. Somebody help me.'”

“We're way overdue on a woman sitting in one of those Big Three chairs.”

“I love telling people's stories.”

“Everyone has something that scares them. Everyone must make a choice at some point whether to be brave. Everyone has a story.”

“For now, for this year, I need to be a good mother.”

“I am not a pregnant working mother wronged.”

“I've been living with anxiety much, much, much longer than I've been with living with alcoholism, that's for sure. I already knew from the sheer numbers and all the data that I'm not alone. I mean, the biggest mistake I did was spending most of my life thinking I was the only person who felt this way.”

“Denial is huge for any alcoholic, especially for a functioning alcoholic, because I - you know, I'm not living under a bridge. I haven't been arrested.”