“This is no quick fix. There is no Band-aid big enough for his life.” — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Instead of a criminal or a drug addict, I was looking at a boy—just a boy.” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I take opioids to treat chronic pain. Stigmatizing them will harm me.” — Sonya Huber Copy Share Image
My daughter, unfortunately, is ill, because drug addiction is an illness. She's been fighting it for years. — Columba Bush Copy Share Image
Why is it that drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users? — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Drug addiction is not a choice of lifestyle, it is a disorder of the brain and we need to recognize this. — Anonymous 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
There is no reason to think today's levels of [drug] addiction are anywhere near the levels that would be reached under legalization. — George Will Copy Share Image
“Kujiingiza katika madawa ni matokeo ya maisha. Hatutumii madawa ya kulevya. Madawa ya kulevya ni sisi wenyewe; tunahitaji kusaidiwa.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
I drank for about 25 years getting over the loss of my father, and I took the anger out on myself. I… — Gary Oldman 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
“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
Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a… — Russell Brand 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
Never work just for money. Money alone won't save your soul or build a decent family life or help you sleep at… — Marian Wright Edelman 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
“I thought over and over about what I was going to do when Carly overdosed and died. How would we go on?… — Dina Kucera Copy Share Image
“It was a myth you couldn't function on opiates: shooting up was one thing but for someone like me-jumping at pigeons beating… — Donna Tartt 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
“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
“But telling Dante the whole story was different…more intimate somehow. Probably because he now knew details the others didn’t. I’d only told… — Sloane Kennedy Copy Share Image
“A crack rock-bottom is beneath rock-bottom. It’s a slab ceiling in every direction. A concrete box filled with guilt. During the chase… — Daniel Abbott Copy Share Image
“Veeva should count her blessings. Three years ago it was cocaine and a year ago it was crack and lemme tell you,… — Dan Ahearn Copy Share Image
“Maybe today some people see opposition between, on the one hand, a seemingly barren, old, institutional church, cut off from the world,… — Jean Vanier Copy Share Image
“America today is a "save yourself" society if there ever was one. But does it really work? The underdeveloped societies suffer from… — John Piper Copy Share Image
“The indispensable foundation of a rational stance toward drug addiction would be the decriminalization of all substance dependence and the provision of… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
“When John left the band, I resented him for not being my friend and for abandoning our musical comradeship. But all the… — Anthony Kiedis Copy Share Image
“We all have those things that help us carry on through life. It is important that these things upon which we depend… — L.M. Browning Copy Share Image
“Merely reducing prison terms does not have a major impact on the majority of people in the system. It is the badge… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“[...] we grieved for both our lives, in which we were both more dead than alive.” — Liz Thebart Copy Share Image
“Every time I draw a clean breath, I'm like a fish out of water.” — Narcotics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Tusipambane na madawa ya kulevya peke yake. Tupambane na elimu ya madawa ya kulevya pia.” — Enock Maregesi Copy Share Image
“Imagine this: Ice is coming to YOUR house. Can you HEAR it knocking? Are you ready? What will YOU do?” — Cornelia Connie D. DeDona Copy Share Image
People do not realize this, but my drug addiction was actually a short span of time. It was only for two years. — Corey Feldman Copy Share Image
All drugs of any interest to any moderately intelligent person in America are now illegal. — Thomas Szasz Copy Share Image
When you can stop you don't want to, and when you want to stop, you can't... — Luke Davies Copy Share Image
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![“Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox.” quote by Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/801/russell-brand-1242_addiction_even-as-a-junkie-i-stayed-true-to-vegeta_2193846.png)
![“[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)
![“[...] we grieved for both our lives, in which we were both more dead than alive.” quote by Liz Thebart](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/0e8/liz-thebart-32271_dead_we-grieved-for-both-our-lives-in-which-w_2342585.jpg)
