“That night I slept like a baby. When I woke the next morning I knew I was going to smoke heroin again.… — Christine Lewry Copy Share Image
I too searched far and wide for the cure to addiction, but my medical and psychiatric background did not lead me to… — Abraham J. Twerski Copy Share Image
In the summer of 1991, I was on the first Lollapalooza tour. Nightly, I would watch Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell go… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“I spent the rest of that day and most of the night thinking about all the hundreds of people I had met… — Pax Prentiss Copy Share Image
I don't get really inspired the way some people do, buzzing with ideas - it feels like hard work to me... but… — Shaun Tan Copy Share Image
Addictive behavior is kind of the inverse of procrastination: procrastination is about not being able to do what you want to do,… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
People can glum onto all sorts of things. And some might use this in that way instead of taking personal responsibility for… — Robert Moss Copy Share Image
It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal… — Jim Ramstad Copy Share Image
“Addiction is in fact a kind of embodied cultural critique of modernity and the addict a kind of unwitting modern prophet. The… — Kent Dunnington Copy Share Image
“to the world, and there is no more powerful expression of that relatedness than love, or true responsiveness to another person. The… — Stanton Peele Copy Share Image
We have turned doctors into gods and worship their deity by offering up our bodies and our souls - not to mention… — Erich Segal Copy Share Image
“Sure, genetics do play a role in alcholism. You're more likely to be an alcoholic if one or both of your parents… — Gaby Rodriguez Copy Share Image
“There is no social stigma attached to the frenzy, no peer motivation to slow us down. Rather it is the opposite; busy… — Gillian Deacon Copy Share Image
People ask me a lot about my drive. I think it comes from, like, having a sexual addiction at a really young… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
Most of us do not take these situations as teachings. We automatically hate them. We run like crazy. We use all kinds… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
“He also found himself increasingly resentful of the “tally system” that AA uses to measure sobriety: every time he “slipped” and had… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
Is it just me, or does anyone else have a women who can't go an hour without using her cell phone, a… — Fitzma Copy Share Image
The song is about knowing the end result of every situation you're in, and being able to play it out in your… — Rufus Wainwright Copy Share Image
Addiction is such an isolating incident in your life. You feel alone. And when you admit, when you come into a fellowship… — Michael Botticelli Copy Share Image
I thought I was fooling people. But it's the old thing of 'they say vodka doesn't smell'. No, not until you sweat.… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“Even those who drink until blacking out, those who beat women, are not the exception, hopefully not the norm, trapped somewhere in… — Justin Donner Copy Share Image
We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume,… — River Phoenix Copy Share Image
“I'd much rather spend all day on the Santa Monica pier playing Asteroids than delve into the murk and analyze myself. And… — Anne Clendening Copy Share Image
Love is an addiction, Love is an emotion, Love is the best and can be the worst. So if you dont have… — Mikel Musial Copy Share Image
I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself.… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
The pains that you suffer, the loneliness that you encounter, the experiences that are disappointing or distressing, the addictions and seeming pitfalls… — Gary Zukav Copy Share Image
“Phones are this generation's cigarettes. It's an addiction, dude, but it's not about communication, just like it's not about nicotine. It's about… — Sarah Combs Copy Share Image
The worst thing you can do for your loved one caught in alcoholism or addiction is to help the person continue in… — Neil T Anderson Copy Share Image
My greatest struggle is to coexist while watching the people I love choose less than life-supporting paths via drugs, alcohol, or poor… — Mike Love Copy Share Image
“Obsession is an addiction you may never shake free of. It just… holds you and never gives anything in return. But love,… — Bruce Jenvey Copy Share Image
The bigger picture is that over the last 30 years, we have spent $1 trillion waging a drug war that has failed… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
After writing about addiction in a pair of books, I frequently hear from addicts and their family members about serial relapses followed… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography-and it is a plague-if you are succumbing to… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, more people will have insurance… — Thomas R. Insel Copy Share Image
Because they are human beings, addicts long for wholeness, for fulfillment, and for the final good that believers call God. Like all… — Cornelius Plantinga Copy Share Image
“While susceptibility varies, addiction can happen to any of us, through a subtle process where the bonds of degradation are too light… — s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
Life is meant to be a celebration! It shouldn't be necessary to set aside special times to remind us of this fact.… — Leo Buscaglia Copy Share Image
My heart sweats, my body shakes. Another kiss, is all it takes. I can't sleepp, I can't eat. Theres no doubt, I'm… — Jade Copy Share Image
But I want to motivate. I wanna motivate every person to leave here to be a better father, a better husband, to… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“.,,women are numbed enough to endure rough sex acts through extreme humiliation. When alcohol isn’t enough and the pain spirals into addiction,… — Shelley Lubben Copy Share Image
