“Addicts are brilliant liars, Inspector. They lie to themselves and then to everyone else. They’re in denial about their problem, and they… — Fiona Barton Copy Share Image
“Can I tell you the truth? I mean this isn’t the TV news is it? Here's what I think the truth is:… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Every year, our state and federal governments spend over $15 billion on substance-abuse treatment for addicts, the vast majority of which are… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in… — Cathryn Kemp Copy Share Image
The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Deprived of their newspapers or a novel, reading-addicts will fall back onto cookery books, on the literature which is wrapped around bottles… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I'm rated R, my brain contains graphic things, its turns traumatic teens into addicts and fiends, it's like watchin' a movie through… — Rakim Copy Share Image
“Everybody has fucked-up families, even normal kids, even the ones who aren’t in here. There’s no magic math equation that makes us… — Amy Reed Copy Share Image
“Every day," I said, "every day I go to work and I see my granddad. I see the drunks and the addicts,… — Pamela Grim Copy Share Image
“Don't ever think you're better than a drug addict, because your brain works the same as theirs. You have the same circuits.… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
“Always, endeavor, Slick, to keep a fix on the addiction industries: you can't lose. The addicts can't win. Dope, Liquor, gambling, anything… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Even though we get a lot of people into the shop, only a small percentage of them buy anything. The best customers… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“Far more than a quest for pleasure, chronic substance use is the addict’s attempt to escape distress. From a medical point of… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“Government agencies are trying to get doctors to cut back on prescribing opioids. I understand that they need to do something about… — Alison Moore Copy Share Image
“I never lie ― I am a blatantly truthful person about almost everything. My addiction (or disease as some call it) always lies.… — Emma Forrest Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people who were addicts are actually people who had that strong innate need to experience non-ordinary states… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
All we can do is adapt the way we view this condition, not as a crime or a romantic affectation but as… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
“Being mad at a drug addict for doing what drug addicts do, is like being mad at a shark for doing what… — Oliver Markus Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when I hear people without experience of addiction blame addicts for their behaviour, I feel like saying to them: 'You simply… — Will Self Copy Share Image
I think drug addicts have brains wired like adventurers and they didn't get the opportunity to find it. You know, the people… — Jimmy Chin Copy Share Image
John Coltrane was an addict; Billie Holiday was an addict; Eugene O'Neill was an addict. What would America be without addicts and… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
One thing about hanging out with a bunch of clean drug addicts, everyone is just super similar to you. So that has… — Mike Doughty Copy Share Image
There is no creative expression of artistic value that has ever been produced by ex-drunkards and ex-drug-addicts. Who the hell would bother… — Lars von Trier Copy Share Image
I trust my recovering peers completely. I'll occasionally look sideways at them because they're addicts but it would break my heart and… — Drew Pinsky Copy Share Image
Like most people I knew, I thought drug addicts were the kinds of people we see in doorways in neighbourhoods most of… — David Sheff Copy Share Image
I found myself being more and more involved with people who were rejected by society - with drug addicts, alcoholism, battered this,… — Princess Diana Copy Share Image
“Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial. And like so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“As each day passed the community became more and more indoctrinated into the world of psychobabble. It was used to keep patients… — M.D Stephanie Schoenberger Copy Share Image
“I've been in love before, it's like a narcotic. At first it brings the euphoria of complete surrender. The next day you… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“As I listened to the other addicts share their life experiences, I began to hear the story of my own life, told… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“The cost savings weren’t what did the trick, though. Treatment has always been more effective and cheaper than prison for true drug… — Sam Quinones Copy Share Image
