Drug addiction is an evil, and with evil there can be no yielding or compromise, — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“How much tragedy has to happen before I split wide open? Sam Hughes” — Alisa Mullen Copy Share Image
“[...] but for the first time ever, I finally had it in me and I wanted to live. He had taught me… — Liz Thebart Copy Share Image
“Funny how someone can be so beautiful and totally fucked up at the same time.” — Missy Anne Copy Share Image
Drugs: the softest one tends to be the first step towards the hardest of them all. — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the effects of addiction are worse in cases where the addict seldom affords the addiction.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Using excuses for the predicament you're in and minimizing your situation, whether it is drug or alcohol use, is a sure sign… — Alexandra Sobetsky Copy Share Image
The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted… — Elton John Copy Share Image
I wasn't understanding enough about drug addition. No one seemed to know much about drug addiction. Things like LSD were all new.… — Mick Jagger Copy Share Image
No man or woman is uniformly successful... we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop. — Walter Becker Copy Share Image
The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, 'Lo, on this day I… — David Carr Copy Share Image
It takes away a lot of the thrill of killing yourself when people are looking for you and you're disappointing them, because… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
No time for drug addiction, no time for smoke or booze. Too strong for a shortened life span, I've got no time… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Investigators from Boston Children’s Hospital in Massachusetts recently found that a meal high in refined carbohydrates produced brain effects consistent with those… — Joel Fuhrman Copy Share Image
“The terribly tragic outcome of Halsted’s experiments with cocaine was his own addiction. The doctor began injecting cocaine directly into his veins… — Lydia Kang Copy Share Image
“While we've painted the guardians of the pale in a somewhat reactionary light, let's give the gatekeepers their due. What lies beyond… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“Only firm intent and alert awareness can muster the will-power required to liberate yourself from the simian clutches of the emotional mind,… — Daniel P. Reid Copy Share Image
We've always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
Drug addiction is an incredibly difficult challenge to manage on one's own. When I think of all the stories I've heard from… — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
[Jack Nash from The Andromeda Strain] was not in the original film, but he was kind of a Geraldo Rivera almost kind… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“All addictions — whether to drugs or to nondrug behaviours — share the same brain circuits and brain chemicals. On the biochemical… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“I didn't see it happening, but the wheels were falling off of me. I didn't care about responsibilities like paying rent, I… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
It is difficult to feel sympathy for these people. It is difficult to regard some bawdy drunk and see them as sick… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I awoke from The Sickness at the age of forty-five, calm and sane, and in reasonably good health except for a weakened… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“The next time you drive into a Walmart parking lot, pause for a second to note that this Walmart—like the more than… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“One of the greatest difficulties we human beings seem to have is to relinquish long-held ideas. Many of us are addicted to… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
People say what distinguishes us from the animals is that we think. Well, then why the hell don't we extend some compassion… — Jimmy Santiago Baca Copy Share Image
“To reform a religion, one must at first be able to recognize the follies of that religion, then only one can take… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
'Only the good die young' is a terrible way to justify your drug addiction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
![“[...] but for the first time ever, I finally had it in me and I wanted to live. He had taught me well indeed.” quote by Liz Thebart](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2c7/liz-thebart-32271_drug-addiction_but-for-the-first-time-ever-i-finally-ha_3043021.jpg)
![“[Jack Nash from The Andromeda Strain] was not in the original film, but he was kind of a Geraldo Rivera almost kind of reporter that had a drug addiction. We start the story in rehab, and then he gets the roots of the story. I loved him.” quote by Eric McCormack](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/90b/eric-mccormack-2915_addiction_jack-nash-from-the-andromeda-strain-was_2439939.jpg)
![“[T]he truth is that drug addicts have a disease. It only takes a short time in the streets to realize that out-of-control addiction is a medical problem, not a form of recreational or criminal behavior. And the more society treats drug addiction as a crime, the more money drug dealers will make…” quote by Jay-Z](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/983/jay-z-713_addict_t-he-truth-is-that-drug-addicts-have-a-d_131312.png)
